arrondissement

arrondissement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French arrondissement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹɒnˌdɪsˈmənt/

Noun

arrondissement (plural arrondissements)

1. An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries
2. (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

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French

Etymology

From arrondir (“to round”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁɔ̃.dis.mɑ̃/

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Noun

arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

1. rounding
2. arrondissement
3. (Canada) arrondissement, a borough (submunicipal administrative division)

Synonyms

• arr
• arr.

 

Derived terms

• arr
• arr.
• scrutin d'arrondissement

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Noun

arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

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