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rondeau

Syllabification: (ron·deau)

Pronunciation: /ˈrändō, ränˈdō/

Definition of rondeau

noun (plural rondeaux /-dōz, ˈdōz/)

a thirteen-line poem, divided into three stanzas of 5, 3, and 5 lines, with only two rhymes throughout and with the opening words of the first line used as a refrain at the end of the second and third stanzas.