noun · rare

rotunda

ro·tun·da

rotunda · rotundas · rotundae

ротонда

Rotunde, Halbgotisch, Rotunda, Rundgotisch

A round building, usually small, often with a domeA round building, usually small, often with a dome.

UK/ɹə(ʊ)ˈtʌndə/US/ɹoʊˈtʌndə/

Meaning

3 senses

A round building, usually small, often with a dome.
Rotunde
рото́ндаrotónda
a building having a circular plan and a dome
A Gothic typeface used in early printed books in Northern Italy, based on a rounded script developed in the 13th cent.; the manuscript hand on which this typeface was based.
Halbgotisch, Rotunda, Rundgotisch
A form of cupola that has pentagons rather than squares or rectangles.

Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

architecture: round building, often with a dome:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

architecture: round building, often with a dome:

typography: Gothic typeface based on a 13th-C. rounded script:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin rotunda, from rotundus (“round”). In the architectural sense,

Learned borrowing from Latin rotunda, from rotundus (“round”). In the architectural sense, from Sancta Maria Rotunda (the name for a church in the Pantheon).

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