reont

Old French

Alternative forms

runt, ront (late)

Etymology

From Late Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus. Old French variants like roont or ruunt may derive directly from the original Latin form.

Pronunciation

(classical) IPA^(key): /rəˈunt/
(late) IPA^(key): /ˈrunt/

Adjective

reont m (oblique and nominative feminine singular reonde)

round (in shape)
- c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
  Devant le chastelet reont
  In front of the round castle

Declension

Declension of reont

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	reonz	reonde	reont
Singular	Oblique	reont	reonde		reonde	reont
Plural	Subject	reont	reondes		reont
Plural	Oblique	reonz	reondes		reondes	reont

Derived terms

Table Reonde

Descendants

French: rond
Norman: rond
Walloon: rond
→ Middle Dutch: ront
- Dutch: rond
→ Middle English: rounde (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle High German: runt
- German: rund

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