rotunno

Neapolitan

Alternative forms
  • retunno (archaic)
  • ritunno (archaic)
  • tunno

Etymology

From Latin rotundus, probably reformed from the older form ritunno, itself from a Vulgar Latin variant retundus (compare Italian rotondo, Spanish and Portuguese redondo, Old French reont (modern French rond), Occitan redond, ardon, Catalan rodó, redó, Romanian rotund, rătund).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /roˈtunnə/

Adjective

rotunno

  1. round, rounded, rotund

Synonyms
  • retunno
  • ritunno
  • tunno

Noun

rotunno

  1. picarel, Spicara smaris

Derived terms
  • rotunniello
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