rotunda
See also: Rotunda
English
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rotunda in architecture
Alternative forms
- (typography): Rotunda
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rotunda, from Sancta Maria Rotunda (the name for a church in the Pantheon), from rotundus (“round”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rotunda (plural rotundas)
- (architecture) A round building, usually small, often with a dome.
- (typography, frequently capitalized) A Gothic typeface used in early printed books in Northern Italy, based on a rounded script developed in the 13th cent.; the manuscript hand on which this typeface was based.
- (Philippines) A roundabout; a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
- (geometry) A form of cupola that has pentagons rather than squares or rectangles.
Derived terms
Translations
architecture: round building, often with a dome
typography: Gothic typeface based on a 13th-C. rounded script
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roundabout — see roundabout
Anagrams
Catalan
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da
Noun
rotunda
- a roundabout; a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrotundɑ/, [ˈro̞t̪undɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -otundɑ
- Syllabification(key): ro‧tun‧da
Declension
| Inflection of rotunda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | rotunda | rotundat | ||
| genitive | rotundan | rotundojen | ||
| partitive | rotundaa | rotundoja | ||
| illative | rotundaan | rotundoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | rotunda | rotundat | ||
| accusative | nom. | rotunda | rotundat | |
| gen. | rotundan | |||
| genitive | rotundan | rotundojen rotundainrare | ||
| partitive | rotundaa | rotundoja | ||
| inessive | rotundassa | rotundoissa | ||
| elative | rotundasta | rotundoista | ||
| illative | rotundaan | rotundoihin | ||
| adessive | rotundalla | rotundoilla | ||
| ablative | rotundalta | rotundoilta | ||
| allative | rotundalle | rotundoille | ||
| essive | rotundana | rotundoina | ||
| translative | rotundaksi | rotundoiksi | ||
| instructive | — | rotundoin | ||
| abessive | rotundatta | rotundoitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Latin
Adjective
rotunda
- inflection of rotundus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative neuter plural
References
- rotunda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɔˈtun.da/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -unda
- Syllabification: ro‧tun‧da
Declension
Related terms
adjective
- rotundowy
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roˈtunda/ [roˈt̪ũn̪.d̪a]
- Rhymes: -unda
- Syllabification: ro‧tun‧da
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da
- IPA(key): /ɾoˈtunda/, [ɾoˈtun.dɐ]
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