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rondeau

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  1. rondel                
 
ron.deau \'ra:n-(.)do-, ra:n-'do-\ \-(.)do-z, -'do-z\ n or ron.deaux [MF 
   rondel, rondeau] pl  1a: a fixed form of verse running on two rhymes and 
   consisting usu. of 15 l ines of eight or ten syllables divided into three 
   stanzas in which the opening words of the first line of the first stanza 
   serve as the refrain of the second and third stanzas 1b: a poem in this 
   form  2: a monophonic trouvere song with a 2-part refrain