English noun: rondeau | |||
1. | rondeau (communication) a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata | ||
Synonyms | rondo | ||
Broader (hypernym) | classical, classical music, serious music | ||
2. | rondeau (communication) a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas | ||
Synonyms | rondel | ||
Broader (hypernym) | poem, verse form | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | rondelet, roundel | ||