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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ROUNDELAY

From Old French rondelet a little rondel, from rondel; also influenced by lay4.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ROUNDELAY

roundelay  [ˈraʊndɪˌleɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROUNDELAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Roundelay is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROUNDELAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rondelet

The Rondelet is a brief French form of poetry. It contains a refrain, a strict rhyme scheme and a distinct meter pattern. The Roundelay is a 24 line poem written in trochaic tetrameter. What they have in common is that they both only use two rhyme sounds, and make use of refrains. Both can be found documented on the PoetsCollective.org, where Lawrence Eberhart, a director of the International Poetry Fellowship has spent the past two years cross-referencing specifications and examples found on the World Wide Web. For most poetry forms so identified, conflicts are pointed out, and visual template examples are provided. The word is the diminutive of rondel, a similar, longer verse form. This is the basic structure: Line 1 :: A—four syllables Line 2 :: b—eight syllables Line 3 :: A—repeat of line one Line 4 :: a—eight syllables Line 5 :: b—eight syllables Line 6 :: b—eight syllables Line 7 :: A—repeat of line one The refrained lines should contain the same words, however substitution or different use of punctuation on the lines has been common.

Definition of roundelay in the English dictionary

The definition of roundelay in the dictionary is Also called: roundel. a slow medieval dance performed in a circle. Other definition of roundelay is a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as a refrain.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROUNDELAY


amabile
æˈmɑːbɪˌleɪ
ballabile
bæˈlɑːbɪˌleɪ
beaujolais
ˈbəʊʒəˌleɪ
cacolet
ˈkækəʊˌleɪ
Charolais
ˈʃærəˌleɪ
kantele
ˈkæntəˌleɪ
nargile
ˈnɑːɡɪˌleɪ
onlay
ˈɒnˌleɪ
outlay
ˈaʊtˌleɪ
Rabelais
ˈræbəˌleɪ
rokelay
ˈrɒkəˌleɪ
time-delay
ˈtaɪmdɪˌleɪ
virelay
ˈvɪrɪˌleɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROUNDELAY

roundaboutation
roundaboutedly
roundaboutility
roundaboutly
roundaboutness
roundball
rounded
roundedly
roundedness
roundel
rounder
rounders
Roundhead
roundheaded
roundheadedness
roundheel
roundhouse
rounding
rounding error
roundish

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROUNDELAY

airplay
Barclay
belay
child´s play
clay
cosplay
delay
foreplay
gameplay
lay
Malay
medley relay
overlay
play
relay
replay
role-play
running belay
self-belay
time delay

Synonyms and antonyms of roundelay in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «roundelay» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROUNDELAY

Find out the translation of roundelay to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of roundelay from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «roundelay» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

roundelay
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

roundelay
570 millions of speakers

English

roundelay
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

roundelay
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

roundelay
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хоровод
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

roundelay
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধুয়াযুক্ত গানবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rondeau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Roundelay
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

roundelay
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

후렴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Roundelay
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiếng hót của chim
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இசையுடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राउंडल्ले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cıvıltılar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

canzonetta con ritornello
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

roundelay
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хоровод
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

roundelay
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

roundelay
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

liedje met een refrein
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

roundelay
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

roundelay
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of roundelay

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUNDELAY»

The term «roundelay» is normally little used and occupies the 121.285 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUNDELAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «roundelay» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «roundelay» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about roundelay

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROUNDELAY»

Discover the use of roundelay in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to roundelay and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Stars' Roundelay
A short collection of Isabel Wyatt's poetry, first published in 1947. Includes some fragments of other poets' work translated by Isabel Wyatt.
Isabel Wyatt, 1985
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Life
All Sing April's tears bring joys of May, Sing roundelay, hey, roundelay ; Three hundred years are but a day, Sing roundelay, hey, roundelay ; When Avon joined with Thames's flood. And London's mixed with Stratford's blood, Tears and. time ...
‎1916
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The Roundelay
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Roundelay, 2011
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Samuel Beckett: Endlessness in the Year 2000
This paper analyses the structural and rhythmic signatures of the body and its life cycle as they emerge in "dread nay" and "Roundelay". It is founded upon the notion that the aesthetic approach that Beckett took in his critical works on Proust  ...
Angela B. Moorjani, Carola Veit, 2001
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Adams' new musical dictionary of fifteen thousand technical ...
A semlbreve ; whole note ; a roundelay. Rondeau, (fre.) A rondo. Rondeau MIgnon. (Fre.) A favorite rondo. Rondeaux. (Fre.) Rondos. Rondelet. (Fre.) A roundelay. Rondelle. (Fre.) A roundelay. Ronde Pointee. (Fre.) Dotted seml- breve (30).
John Stowell Adams, 1865
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Harper's informs a diverse body of readers of cultural, business, political, literary and scientific affairs.
Henry Mills Alden, 1888
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Christmas Bell Roundelay
Ring in the season with this celebratory, festive original! The text and music have an English flair, and all parts also emulate the sound of bells, culminating in an exciting flurry of 'ringing' to end the piece.
‎2007
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Nietzsche's Epic of the Soul: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
these troublesome questions, Lampert's account generates one more problem. He says that the last silent line of the roundelay in "The Other Dancing Song" is filled out by the marriage song of "The Seven Seals" (Nietzsche 's Teaching, 239) .
T. K. Seung, 2005
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Joyce's Abandoned Female Costumes, Gratefully Received
Another curious feature of the poem is its form, which is a sort of roundelay with an extra set of rhymes in the middle stanza. Though XXXIII claims we will hear this type of verse "no more" it has apparently come back from the grave, with its ...
Elisabeth Sheffield, 1998
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The Fragments of Attic Comedy
5. Or. dance. your. roundelay. Along. the. lettuce-rows. And. where. sweet. parsley. grows. Or. curled. savoys. —. *. 67-68. 67 Hesychius: 'A great ox treads upon (me)': So Strattis parodies the saying 'An ox on the tongue'. || The Same: 'Ox on ...
John M. Edmonds, 1961

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROUNDELAY»

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吉祥寺発の叙情系ギター・ロック・バンド CHROTO、本日よりニュー・ミニ …
アルバム『rounDelay』は、CHROTOのオフィシャル・サイトにて無料配信しているので、この機会にぜひダウンロードしていただきたい。さらに、7月15日には新代田FEVERに ... «Skream!, Jun 15»
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Portugal's Heritage, Soaked in Wine and Garlic: A Review of …
Portuguese cooking relies on a roundelay of elemental tastes — garlic, olive oil, wine, lemon, cilantro — that I find irresistible. Mop up with big soft rolls, and ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
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We stormed out of Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham because of …
We were sent this letter by theatregoer Christine Godsell, who walked out of The Everyman Theatre because of swearing in Roundelay by renowned playwright ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Feb 15»
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Alan Ayckbourn's Roundelay at Bath Theatre Royal
Three quarters of an hour before the curtain goes up, some members of the audience choose which four out of five short plays, shall be performed that night, and ... «Western Daily Press, Feb 15»
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ROUNDELAY by Alan Ayckbourn at the Theatre Royal in Bath …
ROUNDELAY, a selection of one-act plays that slot together like a puzzle, arrived at the Theatre Royal in Bath on its first UK tour. Following the national and ... «South Cotswolds Gazette, Feb 15»
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Theatre Royal this week: Alan Ayckbourn's Roundelay - Review
Alan Ayckbourn's latest play Roundelay at The Theatre Royal this week is certainly a novelty for Bath audiences. The play, Ayckbourn's 78th, is a series of five ... «Bath Chronicle, Feb 15»
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Audience will make the decisions in Ayckbourn's latest play
Roundelay is a total of five interconnected scenes: The Agent, The Judge, The Novelist, The Politician and The Star. Written to be played in no particular order, ... «Bath Chronicle, Jan 15»
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50 spring shows part 2: Theatre, family, film and books
A rather random evening is in store with Roundelay. It consists of five short interconnected stories that can be jumbled up and played in any order from writer and ... «Cambridge News, Jan 15»
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Tom Conti tops the bill in the new season at Cheltenham's …
Hot on its heels, the Russian State Ballet perform Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto on February 13 and 14 and Alan Ayckbourn's Roundelay runs from February 24 to ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Dec 14»
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Review: Ayckbourn's new drama Roundelay
Roundelay is actually five related short dramas, with cross-over characters, and overlapping narratives. It is very much a play about the nature – and the value ... «Cumbria Live, Nov 14»

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