arrondissement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French arrondissement.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈɹɒnˌdɪsˈmənt/

Noun

arrondissement (plural arrondissements)

An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries
(Quebec) A borough, a submunicipal administrative division

Synonyms

arr
arr.

Derived terms

arr
arr.

Translations

an administrative division

Breton: arondisamant
Corsican: arrondissement m (excluding Corsica)
Finnish: piiri (fi)
French: arrondissement (fr) m
German: Arrondissement (de) n
Haitian Creole: awondisman m
Icelandic: hverfi n, sýsluhverfi n
Italian: arrondissement m
Occitan: arrondiment m
Portuguese: arrondissement m
West Frisian: arrondissemint n

French

Etymology

From arrondir (“to round”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ʁɔ̃.dis.mɑ̃/
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Noun

arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

rounding
arrondissement
(Canada) arrondissement, a borough (submunicipal administrative division)

Synonyms

arr
arr.

Derived terms

Further reading

“arrondissement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Noun

arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

(government) arrondissement (an administrative division in some countries)

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