"round" meaning in Middle English

See round in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ruːnd/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French reont, from Late Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|reont}} Borrowed from Old French reont, {{der|enm|la-lat|retundus}} Late Latin retundus, {{der|enm|la|rotundus}} Latin rotundus Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|plural and weak singular|rounde|comparative|roundere||{{{3}}}|head=}} round (plural and weak singular rounde, comparative roundere), {{enm-adj|rounde|roundere}} round (plural and weak singular rounde, comparative roundere) Forms: rounde [plural], rounde [singular, weak], roundere [comparative], rond [alternative], rounde [alternative], roun [alternative], rount [alternative], roende [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rown [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rowne [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rownd [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rowndde [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rownde [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rowunde [alternative, Late-Middle-English]
  1. Rounded, curvy; lacking angles:
    Spherical, round; shaped like a ball.
    Sense id: en-round-enm-adj-~lBgodel
  2. Rounded, curvy; lacking angles:
    Circular; shaped like a ring.
    Sense id: en-round-enm-adj-creVZqsg
  3. Rounded, curvy; lacking angles:
    rotund, plump (positively or negatively)
    Sense id: en-round-enm-adj-JxhAR45l Categories (other): Body Disambiguation of Body: 1 1 19 33 0 0 34 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 1
  4. Nice, good, perfect.
    Sense id: en-round-enm-adj-ECPn75Nk Categories (other): Body Disambiguation of Body: 1 1 19 33 0 0 34 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 1
  5. Cylinder-shaped; tubular.
    Sense id: en-round-enm-adj-0AzctakN Categories (other): Shapes Disambiguation of Shapes: 10 10 10 0 19 3 11 0 6 8 0 0 2 7 2 5 6
  6. (of strikes) Mighty, powerful.
    Sense id: en-round-enm-adj-z5f-a1Gf
  7. (of clothing) Loose-fitting.
    Sense id: en-round-enm-adj-JFC8ob4Z Categories (other): Clothing, Pages with 7 entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Body Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 4 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 6 2 7 2 24 10 3 2 6 11 1 6 1 2 6 Disambiguation of Body: 1 1 19 33 0 0 34 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 1

Adverb

IPA: /ruːnd/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French reont, from Late Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|reont}} Borrowed from Old French reont, {{der|enm|la-lat|retundus}} Late Latin retundus, {{der|enm|la|rotundus}} Latin rotundus Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=}} round, {{enm-adv}} round Forms: rond [alternative], rounde [alternative], roun [alternative], rount [alternative], roende [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rown [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rowne [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rownd [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rowndde [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rownde [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rowunde [alternative, Late-Middle-English]
  1. Circularly; in a circular motion or path.
    Sense id: en-round-enm-adv-0OOyWR03
  2. Around, enclosing; as to surround or enclose.
    Sense id: en-round-enm-adv-G13Z5XBX
  3. Fully, completely, totally.
    Sense id: en-round-enm-adv-v0cXK9Lc
  4. Loudly, strongly, powerfully.
    Sense id: en-round-enm-adv-4SQ4zY3J
  5. (rare) Expeditiously, rapidly. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-round-enm-adv-CuEcmknp

Noun

IPA: /ruːnd/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French reont, from Late Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|reont}} Borrowed from Old French reont, {{der|enm|la-lat|retundus}} Late Latin retundus, {{der|enm|la|rotundus}} Latin rotundus Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} round, {{enm-noun|roundes}} round (plural roundes) Forms: roundes [plural], rond [alternative], rounde [alternative], roun [alternative], rount [alternative], roende [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rown [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rowne [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rownd [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rowndde [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rownde [alternative, Late-Middle-English], rowunde [alternative, Late-Middle-English]
  1. A round (circular or spherical object or part)
    Sense id: en-round-enm-noun-WmY-cbUy
  2. A circular course or route.
    Sense id: en-round-enm-noun-G0dkAkDB
  3. (rare) A bar of wood; a small log. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-round-enm-noun-u1ZYRvpB
  4. (poetry, rare) A rondeau (short poem) Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-round-enm-noun-YBjLqZj0 Categories (other): Poetry Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
  5. (fencing, rare) A sweeping or swinging strike. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-round-enm-noun-4idyt9uP Categories (other): Fencing Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "Nice, good, perfect."
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        "(of strikes) Mighty, powerful."
      ],
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        "of strikes"
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        "(of clothing) Loose-fitting."
      ],
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    }
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        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rownde",
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    {
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        "Late-Middle-English"
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      "ipa": "/ruːnd/"
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  ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-20 using wiktextract (e97c820 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.