arrondissement

Borrowed from French arrondissement.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɒn.dɪs.mənt/, /ˌæ.ɹɒnˈdiːs.mɒ̃/, /æˌɹɒn.diːsˈmɒ̃/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɑn.dɪs.mənt/, /ˌæ.ɹɑnˈdis.mɑ̃/, /æˌɹɑn.dːsˈmɑ̃/

arrondissement (plural arrondissements, abbreviation arr. or arr)

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

• “arrondissement”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “arrondissement”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “arrondissement”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “arrondissement”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

From arrondir (“to round”) +‎ -ment.

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁɔ̃.dis.mɑ̃/

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arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

1. rounding
2. arrondissement
3. (Canada) arrondissement, a borough (submunicipal administrative division)
4. (Louisiana) ward, police jury ward (subdivision of a civil parish)

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

arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

1. (administrative division) arrondissement (an administrative division in some countries)

Borrowed from French arrondissement.

arrondissement n

1. arrondissement

• arrondissement in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker