different between rotund vs retund

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ret- (“to run, to roll”) . Doublet of round, which arrived through Old French/Anglo-Norman.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????t?nd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o??t?nd/

Adjective

rotund (comparative rotunder, superlative rotundest)

1. Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.
   • 1992, Hal R. Varian, Microeconomic Analysis (3rd ed.), W.?W. Norton & Company, Inc., ?ISBN, p. 96–97

     Convex preferences may have indifference curves that exhibit “flat spots,” while strictly convex preferences have indifference curves that are strictly rotund.

2. Having a round body shape; portly or plump; podgy.
3. (of a sound) Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.

Synonyms

• (having a round body shape): chubby, tubby; see also Thesaurus:overweight
• (full and rich sound): booming, resounding; see also Thesaurus:sonorous

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “rotund”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
• Notes:

Anagrams

• untrod

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotundus, attested from 1917. Compare the inherited doublet rodó.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ru?tunt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ru?tun/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ro?tunt/

Adjective

rotund (feminine rotunda, masculine plural rotunds, feminine plural rotundes)

1. emphatic
2. complete, flat out, downright

Derived terms

• rotundament

Further reading

• “rotund” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rotund” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rotund” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

References

Romanian

Alternative forms

• r?tund (regional, dated)

Etymology

From Latin rotundus (“round”), possibly through a Vulgar Latin form retundus, especially in the case of the variant form, r?tund, which was the original form (compare Spanish and Portuguese redondo, archaic Italian ritondo (standard rotondo), Occitan redond, Catalan redó (variant of standard rodó), French rond (Old French reont)). The current standard form of the word may simply be a natural evolution from the older form in southern Romania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro?tund/

Adjective

rotund m or n (feminine singular rotund?, masculine plural rotunzi, feminine and neuter plural rotunde)

1. round

Declension

Derived terms

• rotunji

References

English

Etymology

From Latin retundere, retusum, from re- (“re-”) + tundere (“to beat”).

Verb

retund (third-person singular simple present retunds, present participle retunding, simple past and past participle retunded)

1. (transitive) To blunt; to turn, as an edge.

   • Covered with skin and hair keeps it warm, being naturally a very cold part, and also to quench and dissipate the force of any stroke that shall be dealt it, and retund the edge of any weapon.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To cause to be obtuse or dull.

   to retund confidence

Anagrams

• Druten, deturn, dunter, runted, turned