APMa piece of music in which the main tune is repeated several times 回旋曲
Examples from the Corpus
rondo• This is a very pleasant form, easy to grasp, and is obviously already very close to the later rondo form.• The barmaid was operatic: Teutonic hair; lipstick rondo.
Originrondo
(1700-1800)Italianrondò, from Frenchrondeau, from Latinrotundus; → ROUND2