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Meaning of rondel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.
  2. The verse form rondeau.
  3. A rondelle, (small) circular object.
  4. A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
  5. A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.

Equivalents

Deutsch Scheibendolch
Español daga rondel
Italiano daga a rondelle

CEFR level

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Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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