Rotunda

See also: rotunda

English

Proper noun

Rotunda

  1. The United States Capitol rotunda.
    • 2019 October 19, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Cummings to Lie in State in the Capitol”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      No African-Americans have lain in state in the Rotunda, and only two have lain there in honor: Mrs. Parks in 2005 and Officer Jacob Joseph Chestnut, a Capitol Police officer killed in the line of duty, in 1998.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotunda, from rotundus. Doublet of Rotunde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁoˈtʊnda/

Noun

Rotunda f (genitive Rotunda, no plural)

  1. (typography) rotunda (Gothic typeface used in early printed books)

Synonyms

Proper noun

Rotunda f (proper noun, genitive Rotunda)

  1. The United States Capitol rotunda.

Declension

Declension of Rotunda [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Rotunda
genitive einer der Rotunda
dative einer der Rotunda
accusative eine die Rotunda

Further reading

  • “Rotunda” in Duden online
  • “Rotunda” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Rotunda” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Romanian

Etymology

From rotunda, definite feminine form of rotund.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Rotunda f

  1. a village in Corbeni, Argeș County, Romania
  2. a village in Buza, Cluj County, Romania
  3. a village in Doljești, Neamț County, Romania
  4. a commune of Olt County, Romania
  5. a village in Rotunda, Olt County, Romania
  6. a village in Liteni, Suceava County, Romania
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