🩰 A circular dance move 🎶 A repeating song

ronde

9.9

An old short song or poem with a repeated part people sing together

noun
/rɒnd/

Archaic

: ronde

The poet composed a ronde to celebrate the arrival of spring.

Examples

In medieval times, villagers would gather to perform a lively ronde at festivals.
The children sang a ronde around the campfire.
The minstrel sang a cheerful ronde that everyone joined, clapping to the refrain.
She loves to write a ronde for every season.
The minstrel sang a cheerful ronde that everyone joined, clapping to the refrain.
In medieval times, villagers would gather to perform a lively ronde at festivals.
The children sang a ronde around the campfire.

Synonyms

rondelet

vsronde

Literature

1 9.9

A short French poem of seven lines with a rhyme pattern and a repeated line

is more rustic and simpler than strict seven-line form

rondel

vsronde

Archaic

1 9.9

A French poem that has 10 or 13 lines, two rhymes, and repeats the opening line later

is a rustic short song rather than a formal French stanza

ballade

vsronde

Literature

1 9.9

A French poem with three parts and a short final part that tells a story and repeats a line

is mainly a brief simple song with repeating refrain, not a long narrative

roundelay

vsronde

Archaic

9.9

A short song or poem that repeats a line like a chorus

is an old simple rustic short song rather than a general form

rondeau

vsronde

Archaic

9.9

A poem of 10 or 13 lines with two rhymes and the opening phrase repeated in later stanzas

is simpler, more rustic, and shorter than strict French verse

Surface Forms

ronde singular

rondes plural

Etymology

Ronde comes from the old French rond meaning 'round', and it was used for short songs or poems that go in a circle with a repeating line, like a musical round. So a ronde is a simple, repeating song or poem, which is why the word means a piece with a refrain.