ronde, n.f., round; patrol; table song, roundelay; (mus.) semibreve; round hand (writing). Faire la —; to go the rounds. À la —; round about. Boire à la —; to drink all round. Passer à la —; to hand round, to pass round. Chemin des —s; round-way.
rondeau, n.m., rondeau, roundelay (French poet.); (mus.) rondo.
rondelet, -te (rōn-dlè, -t), adj., roundish, plump, plumpish.
rondelette, n.f., ground-ivy.
rondelettes, n.f.pl., sail-cloth made in Brittany.
rondelle, n.f., round shield; rundle, ring; washer (of a wheel); sculptor’s rounded chisel.
rondement (rōn-dmān), adv., roundly; quickly; briskly, vigorously; plainly, frankly; with a high hand. Mener une affaire —; not to dilly-dally. Y aller —; to act frankly and quickly. Il va — en besogne; he goes briskly to work.
rondeur, n.f., roundness, smoothness, undulating expanse, rotundity; fullness, flow; openness, plain dealing; curve, compass (of a piece of timber used in shipbuilding).
rondin, n.m., billet, round log; cudgel.
rondiner, v.a., to cudgel. — d’importance; to beat soundly.