rotonda

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rotonda, feminine of rotondo (“round”). Equivalent to Catalan rodona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ruˈton.də]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [roˈton.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [roˈton.da]

Noun

rotonda f (plural rotondes)

1. (architecture) rotunda
2. roundabout, traffic circle

Related terms

• rodona
• rotund

Further reading

• “rotonda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish rotonda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈtonda/, [roˈt̪õn̪.d̪a]
• Hyphenation: ro‧ton‧da

Noun

rotonda

1. roundabout; traffic circle

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈton.da/
• Rhymes: -onda
• Hyphenation: ro‧tón‧da

Noun

rotonda f (plural rotonde)

1. roundabout, rotary, traffic circle

   Synonym: rotatoria

2. (architecture) round terrace
3. (architecture) rotunda

Adjective

rotonda

1. feminine singular of rotondo

Anagrams

• rotando, tornado

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈtonda/ [roˈt̪õn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: ro‧ton‧da

Noun

rotonda f (plural rotondas)

1. roundabout, traffic circle

   Synonyms: glorieta, (Peru) óvalo, (Venezuela) redoma, (Ecuador y El Salvador) redondel

2. rotunda

Derived terms

• bilunabirrotonda
• birrotonda
• cupularrotonda
• girobirrotonda
• girocupularrotonda
• hebesfenorrotonda
• ortobirrotonda
• ortocupularrotonda
• turborrotonda

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: rotonda
• → Tagalog: rotonda

Further reading

• “rotonda”, 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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• rotunda

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rotonda, from Italian rotonda.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾoˈtonda/ [ɾoˈt̪on̪.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: ro‧ton‧da

Noun

rotonda (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. roundabout; rotunda; traffic circle
2. (architecture) rotunda (a round building, usually small, often with a dome)
3. (architecture) rotunda (large and high circular hall or room in a building, especially one with an arched roof)

Further reading

• “rotonda”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “rotonda”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018