rotunda

See also: Rotunda

English

rotunda in architecture

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rotunda, from Sancta Maria Rotunda (the name for a church in the Pantheon), from rotundus (round).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹə(ʊ)ˈtʌndə/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹoʊˈtʌndə/
  • Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da

Noun

rotunda (plural rotundas)

  1. (architecture) A round building, usually small, often with a dome.
  2. (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.
  3. (Philippines) A roundabout; a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
  4. (geometry) A form of cupola that has pentagons rather than squares or rectangles.

Derived terms

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Catalan

Adjective

rotunda

  1. feminine singular of rotund

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da

Noun

rotunda

  1. a roundabout; a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrotunda]
  • Rhymes: -unda

Noun

rotunda f

  1. rotunda (building)

Further reading

  • rotunda in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • rotunda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • rotunda in Internetová jazyková příručka

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rotunda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrotundɑ/, [ˈro̞t̪undɑ]
  • Rhymes: -otundɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ro‧tun‧da

Noun

rotunda

  1. rotunda

Declension

Inflection of rotunda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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 rotundoineen
Possessive forms of rotunda (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person rotundani rotundamme
2nd person rotundasi rotundanne
3rd person rotundansa

Latin

Adjective

rotunda

  1. inflection of rotundus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Adjective

rotundā

  1. ablative feminine singular of rotundus

References


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɔˈtun.da/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -unda
  • Syllabification: ro‧tun‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian rotonda, from Latin rotunda. Doublet of runda (round).

Noun

rotunda f

  1. (architecture) rotunda (round building, often with a dome)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Rotunda, from Latin rotunda.

Noun

rotunda f

  1. (typography) rotunda (Gothic typeface based on a 13th-C. rounded script)
Declension
adjective
  • rotundowy

Further reading

  • rotunda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rotunda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Adjective

rotunda

  1. feminine singular of rotundo

Noun

rotunda f (plural rotundas)

  1. (Portugal, Macau) traffic circle, roundabout

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roˈtunda/ [roˈt̪ũn̪.d̪a]
  • Rhymes: -unda
  • Syllabification: ro‧tun‧da

Adjective

rotunda

  1. feminine singular of rotundo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English rotunda.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da
  • IPA(key): /ɾoˈtunda/, [ɾoˈtun.dɐ]

Noun

rotunda

  1. Alternative form of rotonda
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