RONDEL Meaning of RONDEL in English [ 'rɒnd(ə)l ]■ noun a rondeau, especially one of three stanzas of thirteen or fourteen lines with a two-line refrain.OriginME: from OFr., from rond 'round'; cf. roundel . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004