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Yes. The word rotund is a Scrabble US word. The word rotund is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is rotund a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rotund is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

R1O1T1U1N1D2

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6-letter words (2 found)

ROTUND,UNTROD,

5-letter words (2 found)

DONUT,ROUND,

4-letter words (26 found)

DORT,DOUN,DOUR,DOUT,DUNT,DURN,DURO,NOUT,NURD,OURN,RONT,ROUT,RUND,RUNT,TORN,TOUN,TOUR,TROD,TRON,TROU,TUND,TURD,TURN,UDON,UNDO,UNTO,

3-letter words (27 found)

DON,DOR,DOT,DUN,DUO,NOD,NOR,NOT,NUR,NUT,ORD,ORT,OUD,OUR,OUT,ROD,ROT,RUD,RUN,RUT,TOD,TON,TOR,TUN,UDO,URD,URN,

2-letter words (11 found)

DO,NO,NU,OD,ON,OR,OU,TO,UN,UR,UT,

You can make 68 words from rotund according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rotund

rotund

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, to roll”). Doublet of round, which arrived through Old French/Anglo-Norman.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹəʊˈtʌnd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹoʊˈtʌnd/

Adjective

rotund (comparative rotunder, superlative rotundest)

  1. Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.
    • 1992, Hal R. Varian, Microeconomic Analysis (3rd ed.), W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., →ISBN, p. 96–97
      Convex preferences may have indifference curves that exhibit “flat spots,” while strictly convex preferences have indifference curves that are strictly rotund.
  2. Having a round body shape; portly or pudgy; obese.
  3. (of a sound) Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.

Synonyms

  • (having a round body shape): chubby, tubby; see also Thesaurus:overweight
  • (full and rich sound): booming, resounding; see also Thesaurus:sonorous

Translations

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “rotund”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
  • Notes:

Anagrams

  • untrod

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotundus. First attested in 1917. Compare the inherited doublet rodó.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ruˈtun]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ruˈtunt]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [roˈtunt]

Adjective

rotund (feminine rotunda, masculine plural rotunds, feminine plural rotundes)

  1. emphatic
  2. complete, flat out, downright

Derived terms

  • rotundament

Related terms

  • rotunditat

References

Further reading

  • “rotund” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “rotund” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “rotund” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • rătund — regional, dated

Etymology

Per most sources, borrowed from Latin rotundus, but alternatively may represent a crossing of older Romanian rătund (inherited from the Late Latin variant retundus) with words like roată (“wheel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roˈtund/

Adjective

rotund m or n (feminine singular rotundă, masculine plural rotunzi, feminine and neuter plural rotunde)

  1. round

Declension

Derived terms

  • rotunji

References

  • rotund in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Source: wiktionary.org