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rond

French, noun/ʁɔ̃/

rond is a French masculine noun meaning “circle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cercle, forme circulaire”.

What does rond mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    round (shape)

  2. 2

    colloquialdrunk

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecircle

  2. 2

    informalmasculinecoin; (piece of) change, money

    ne pas avoir un rond

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. De forme circulaire. 2. Qui est cylindrique. 3. De forme sphérique. 4. Qualifie un dos humain voûté.

noun: 1. Cercle, forme circulaire. 2. Objet de forme circulaire. 3. (Au singulier, avec l'article défini) La forme d'un rond, la notion de rondeur. 4. Barre laminée ou étirée de section circulaire (cylindrique).

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of rond

  • ronde feminine
  • ronds masculine plural
  • rondes feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce rond?

  • /ʁɔ̃/
  • \ʁɔ̃\
  • [œ̃ ʁɔ̃]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to rond

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is rond in French?

rond appears 19 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).