tondo

[ ton-doh; Italian tawn-daw ]

noun

, plural ton·di [ton, -dee, tawn, -dee].

1. a round painting or relief.

tondo

/ ˈtɒndəʊ /

noun

1. a circular easel painting or relief carving

Word History and Origins

Origin of tondo¹

First recorded in 1885–90; from Italian: “plate, circle, round painting,” noun use of the adjective: “round,” shortening of rotondo, from Latin rotundus “wheel-shaped, circular, round”

Word History and Origins

Origin of tondo¹

C19: from Italian: a circle, shortened from rotondo round

Example Sentences

This picture and the tondo of the same subject are by many critics ascribed to Botticelli.

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Following the fashion made popular by the Della Robbias, the artist chose for his composition the round picture, or tondo.

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Thence they drew towards the Town of Tondo, which is divided into Quarters.

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The Comedy Company of Tondo was about to give a play, and the audience was settling for its enjoyment.

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In most of the houses that the cars passed in the big native quarter of Tondo, furniture was scanty.

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