(13th c.: rondet or rondel). A popular dance form of the 13th and 14th centuries and one of the formes fixes of the late 14th and 15th. The name perhaps derives from a round dance. The simplest fully developed form comprises eight lines in the pattern...

Rondeau may mean: Rondeau (poetry), a form of French poetry Rondo, a musical form from the 18th century to the present, also spelt 'rondeau' Rondeau (music), a medieval and early Renaissance musical form distinct from the 18th century rondo Rondeau...