rotunda UK /ɹə(ʊ)ˈtʌndə/US /ɹoʊˈtʌndə/ noun3 •A round building, usually small, often with a dome.The purely Greek character of the temple is revealed in the fact that there is no portico aligning the structure; Roman tholoi and rotundae are usually distinguished by a portico. — 1998 •A form of cupola that has pentagons rather than squares or rectangles. •A Gothic typeface used in early printed books in Northern Italy, based on a rounded script developed in the 13th cent.; the manuscript hand on which this typeface was based. formsrotundae · rotundas