# rotunda
## English
### Alternative forms

* (typography): Rotunda

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɹə(ʊ)ˈtʌndə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ɹoʊˈtʌndə/
* Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da

### Noun

rotunda (plural rotundas or rotundae)
* (architecture) A round building, usually small, often with a dome.
** 1976, Bridget Cherry, “Ecclesiastical architecture”, in David M[ackenzie] Wilson, editor, The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England, London: Methuen & Co Ltd, →ISBN, pages 188–189:The rotunda begun but never completed by Abbot Wulfric (1047–59) at St Augustine’s Abbey as a link between the church of St Mary and that of St Peter and St Paul is an unusual and ambitious example of mid-eleventh-century English architecture which partly survives (fig. 4.6, top). […] Many of these rotundae are known to have had a special funerary function (as was the case at Canterbury).
** 1998, “Antiquity”, in Bruce Almberg, Charles Earle, Michael Robinson, Katja Steiner, transl., edited by Stefan Grundmann, The Architecture of Rome: An Architectural History in 400 Individual Presentations, Stuttgart, London: Edition Axel Menges, →ISBN, page 29, column 2:The purely Greek character of the temple is revealed in the fact that there is no portico aligning the structure; Roman tholoi and rotundae are usually distinguished by a portico.
** 2014 December, Mary Mills, “Foot Tunnels beneath the River Thames”, in Nick Catford, editor, Subterranea, number 37, Ascot, Berkshire: Subterranea Britannica, →ISSN, page 66, column 2:Access to the shafts is gained via a brick entrance rotunda below a glass dome. The walls of these rotundae are built over the outer edge of caissons which hold the shafts; […]
* (typography, frequently capitalized) 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.
* (Philippines) Alternative spelling of rotonda
* (geometry) A form of cupola that has pentagons rather than squares or rectangles.

#### Derived terms

* band rotunda

#### Related terms

* r rotunda

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* toundra

## Catalan
### Adjective

rotunda
* feminine singular of rotund

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da

### Noun

rotunda
* a roundabout; a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrotunda]
* Rhymes: -unda

### Noun

rotunda f
* rotunda (building)

#### Related terms

* See rotor

### Further reading

* “rotunda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “rotunda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “rotunda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Finnish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rotunda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrotundɑ/, [ˈro̞t̪undɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -otundɑ
* Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da

### Noun

rotunda
* rotunda

#### Declension

Possessive forms of rotunda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rotundani
rotundani
accusative
nom.
rotundani
rotundani
gen.
rotundani
genitive
rotundani
rotundojeni rotundaini $^{rare}$
partitive
rotundaani
rotundojani
inessive
rotundassani
rotundoissani
elative
rotundastani
rotundoistani
illative
rotundaani
rotundoihini
adessive
rotundallani
rotundoillani
ablative
rotundaltani
rotundoiltani
allative
rotundalleni
rotundoilleni
essive
rotundanani
rotundoinani
translative
rotundakseni
rotundoikseni
abessive
rotundattani
rotundoittani
instructive
comitative
—rotundoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rotundasi
rotundasi
accusative
nom.
rotundasi
rotundasi
gen.
rotundasi
genitive
rotundasi
rotundojesi rotundaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
rotundaasi
rotundojasi
inessive
rotundassasi
rotundoissasi
elative
rotundastasi
rotundoistasi
illative
rotundaasi
rotundoihisi
adessive
rotundallasi
rotundoillasi
ablative
rotundaltasi
rotundoiltasi
allative
rotundallesi
rotundoillesi
essive
rotundanasi
rotundoinasi
translative
rotundaksesi
rotundoiksesi
abessive
rotundattasi
rotundoittasi
instructive
comitative
—rotundoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rotundamme
rotundamme
accusative
nom.
rotundamme
rotundamme
gen.
rotundamme
genitive
rotundamme
rotundojemme rotundaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
rotundaamme
rotundojamme
inessive
rotundassamme
rotundoissamme
elative
rotundastamme
rotundoistamme
illative
rotundaamme
rotundoihimme
adessive
rotundallamme
rotundoillamme
ablative
rotundaltamme
rotundoiltamme
allative
rotundallemme
rotundoillemme
essive
rotundanamme
rotundoinamme
translative
rotundaksemme
rotundoiksemme
abessive
rotundattamme
rotundoittamme
instructive
comitative
—rotundoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rotundanne
rotundanne
accusative
nom.
rotundanne
rotundanne
gen.
rotundanne
genitive
rotundanne
rotundojenne rotundainne $^{rare}$
partitive
rotundaanne
rotundojanne
inessive
rotundassanne
rotundoissanne
elative
rotundastanne
rotundoistanne
illative
rotundaanne
rotundoihinne
adessive
rotundallanne
rotundoillanne
ablative
rotundaltanne
rotundoiltanne
allative
rotundallenne
rotundoillenne
essive
rotundananne
rotundoinanne
translative
rotundaksenne
rotundoiksenne
abessive
rotundattanne
rotundoittanne
instructive
comitative
—rotundoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rotundansa
rotundansa
accusative
nom.
rotundansa
rotundansa
gen.
rotundansa
genitive
rotundansa
rotundojensa rotundainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
rotundaansa
rotundojaan rotundojansa
inessive
rotundassaan rotundassansa
rotundoissaan rotundoissansa
elative
rotundastaan rotundastansa
rotundoistaan rotundoistansa
illative
rotundaansa
rotundoihinsa
adessive
rotundallaan rotundallansa
rotundoillaan rotundoillansa
ablative
rotundaltaan rotundaltansa
rotundoiltaan rotundoiltansa
allative
rotundalleen rotundallensa
rotundoilleen rotundoillensa
essive
rotundanaan rotundanansa
rotundoinaan rotundoinansa
translative
rotundakseen rotundaksensa
rotundoikseen rotundoiksensa
abessive
rotundattaan rotundattansa
rotundoittaan rotundoittansa
instructive
comitative
—rotundoineen rotundoinensa :

## Latin
### Adjective

rotunda
* inflection of rotundus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative neuter plural

### Adjective

rotundā
* ablative feminine singular of rotundus

### References

* rotunda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɔˈtun.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -unda
* Syllabification: ro‧tun‧da
* Homophone: Rotunda

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian rotonda.

#### Noun

rotunda f (diminutive rotundka, related adjective rotundowy)
* (countable) rotunda (round building, usually small, often with a dome)
    Synonym: okrąglak
* (countable) rotunda (representative circular hall, typical of Baroque and Classical palaces)
* (countable, historical) long women's coat, cut in a circular shape, fastened from top to bottom with small buttons, with vertical arm slits, popular in the 19th century

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Rotunda.

#### Noun

rotunda f (related adjective rotundowy)
* (uncountable, typography) rotunda (Gothic typeface used in early printed books in Northern Italy, based on a rounded script developed in the 13th century; the manuscript hand on which this typeface was based)

##### Derived terms

* Rotunda

### Further reading

* rotunda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* rotunda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* rotunda in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁoˈtũ.dɐ/ [hoˈtũ.dɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁoˈtũ.dɐ/ [hoˈtũ.dɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁoˈtũ.dɐ/ [χoˈtũ.dɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁoˈtũ.da/ [hoˈtũ.da]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁuˈtũ.dɐ/

### Adjective

rotunda
* feminine singular of rotundo

### Noun

rotunda f (plural rotundas)
* (Portugal, Macau) traffic circle, roundabout

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /roˈtunda/ [roˈt̪ũn̪.d̪a]
* Rhymes: -unda
* Syllabification: ro‧tun‧da

### Adjective

rotunda
* feminine singular of rotundo

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English rotunda.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɾoˈtunda/ [ɾoˈt̪un̪.d̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -unda
* Syllabification: ro‧tun‧da

### Noun

rotunda (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜇ)
* Alternative form of rotonda