rotund

ro·tund  (r-tnd)

adj.

1. Rounded in figure; plump. See Synonyms at fat.

2. Having a full, rich sound; sonorous.

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[Latin rotundus; see ret- in Indo-European roots.]

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ro·tundi·ty, ro·tundness n.

ro·tundly adv.

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rotund [rəʊˈtʌnd]

adj

1. rounded or spherical in shape

2. plump

3. sonorous or grandiloquent; full in tone, style of speaking, etc.

[from Latin rotundus wheel-shaped, round, from rota wheel]

rotundity , rotundness n

rotundly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	rotund - spherical in shape rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
	2.	rotund - (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" orotund, pear-shaped, round full - (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice"
	3.	rotund - excessively fat; "a weighty man"     corpulent, obese, weighty fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

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rotund

adjective

1. plump, rounded, heavy, fat, stout, chubby, obese, fleshy, tubby, portly, roly-poly, podgy, corpulent A rotund gentleman appeared.
plump thin, lean, slight, slim, slender, skinny, angular, gaunt, lanky, scrawny, lank

2. pompous, grandiloquent, orotund, magniloquent, full writing rotund passages of purple prose

3. round, rounded, spherical, bulbous, globular, orbicular rotund towers, moats and drawbridges

4. sonorous, round, deep, rich, mellow, resonant, orotund, reverberant the wonderfully rotund tones of the presenter

Translations

rotund [rəʊˈtʌnd] ADJ [person] → corpulento, rotundo

rotund [rəʊˈtʌnd] adj [person, figure] → rondelet(te)

rotund

adj person → rund(lich); object → rund; speech, literary style → bombastisch, hochtrabend; voice → voll

rotund [rəʊˈtʌnd] adj (frm) (person) → pingue; (object) → arrotondato/a