Meaning

3 senses

  1. Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.

    rundlich

    spherical in shape

  2. Having a round body shape; portly or pudgy; obese.

    rundlich

  3. Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.

    (of sounds) full and rich

Examples

4 sentences

  1. He's become more rotund since our last meeting.

    deEr ist fülliger als bei unserer letzten Begegnung.

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  2. A rotund individual named Tom was here looking for you.

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  3. He's a rather rotund gentleman.

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  4. The cure for the rotund gourmand is to become an affectionado of California healthy cuisine.

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
Having a round or spherical shape:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Ind

Learned borrowing from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, to roll”). Doublet of round.

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Forms

rotunder, rotundest
Comparativerotunder Lesson
Superlativerotundest Lesson

irregular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
resoundingC2tubby
having a round body shape:chubby
full and rich sound:booming
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words
Relatedrotundnessrotundity
Derivedobrotundrotundationrotundedrotundlyrotundoussemirotundsubrotundunrotund

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
roterotorrottenB1rougeroughB1
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