reont

Old French

Alternative forms

• runt, ront (late)

Etymology

From Late Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus. Old French variants like roont or ruunt may derive directly from the original Latin form.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /rəˈunt/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ˈrunt/

Adjective

reont m (oblique and nominative feminine singular reonde)

1. round (in shape)
   • c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     Devant le chastelet reont

     In front of the round castle

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	reonz	reonde	reont
	oblique	reont			reonde	reont
plural	subject	reont	reondes		reont
	oblique	reonz			reondes	reont

Derived terms

• Table Reonde

Descendants

• French: rond
• Norman: rond
• Walloon: rond
• → Middle Dutch: ront
  • Dutch: rond
• → Middle English: rounde (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle High German: runt
  • German: rund