rondalla

English

Etymology

From Spanish rondalla.

Noun

rondalla (plural rondallas)

1. (music) An ensemble of stringed instruments played with the plectrum or pick, originating in medieval Spain.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [runˈda.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ronˈda.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ronˈda.ʎa]

Etymology 1

Perhaps related to French rondeau.

Noun

rondalla f (plural rondalles)

1. folk tale

Hypernyms

• conte

Derived terms

• rondalla de la vora del foc
• rondallaire
• rondallejar

Etymology 2

From rondar.

Noun

rondalla f (plural rondalles)

1. (collective) a roving band of nocturnal minstrels

Further reading

• “rondalla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “rondalla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

From ronda.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ronˈdaʝa/ [rõn̪ˈd̪a.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ronˈdaʝa/ [rõn̪ˈd̪a.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains to Paraguay, Philippines) /ronˈdaʎa/ [rõn̪ˈd̪a.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ronˈdaʃa/ [rõn̪ˈd̪a.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ronˈdaʒa/ [rõn̪ˈd̪a.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Rhymes: -aʎa
• Rhymes: -aʃa
• Rhymes: -aʒa

• Syllabification: ron‧da‧lla

Noun

rondalla f (plural rondallas)

1. (music) rondalla

Further reading

• “rondalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28