rotund

Other forms of rotund

comparative

rotunder·

superlative

rotundest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rotund

What does rotund mean?

rotund means "spherical in shape". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rotund?

rotund has 2 syllables: ro-tund. The stress falls on "tund". In IPA it is /ɹoʊˈtʌnd/.

What is another word for rotund?

Close synonyms include orotund, round, pear-shaped, corpulent, obese. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rotund a common word?

rotund is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.