rotund

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(rō-tŭnd') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Rounded in figure; plump. See synonyms at fat.
  2. Having a full, rich sound; sonorous.

[Latin rotundus.]

rotundity ro·tun'di·ty or ro·tund'ness n.
rotundly ro·tund'ly adv.


adj

Definition: plump
Antonyms: skinny, slender, thin

adj

Definition: sonorous
Antonyms: reedy, thin


As part of a species name, means “rounded.” For example, button fern, Pellaea rotundifolia, a popular greenhouse plant or houseplant, has fronds lined with two rows of neat rounded segments.

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IN BRIEF: Round from fullness or plumpness; portly. Also: Sonorous.

pronunciation A tall and rotund patient is waiting in the lobby.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - trind, buttet, ordrig, blomstrende, rund, cirkelformet

Nederlands (Dutch)
rond, plomp

Français (French)
adj. - rebondi, grassouillet, aux formes arrondies

Deutsch (German)
adj. - rund, rundlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ολοστρόγγυλος, στρογγυλός, παχουλός, στρουμπουλός

Italiano (Italian)
paffuto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - rotundo

Русский (Russian)
полный, звучный, высокопарный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - corpulento, redondo, rimbombante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - rund, trind, rundad, fulltonig, bombastisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
圆的, 洪亮的, 矮而胖的, 夸张的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 圓的, 洪亮的, 矮而胖的, 誇張的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 둥근, 둥글게 벌린, 과장된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 丸々と太った, 朗々とした

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) دائري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עגלגל, שמנמן, עמוק (קול), עשיר, מלא, נמלץ (סגנון)‬


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