arrondissement
See also: Arrondissement
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French arrondissement.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /əˈɹɒndɪsmənt/ (UK) IPA(key): /əˈɹɑndɪsmənt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌæɹɒnˈdiːsmɒ̃/, /æˌɹɒndiːsˈmɒ̃/[1][2][3]
Noun edit
arrondissement (plural arrondissements)
- An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries
- (Quebec) A borough, a submunicipal administrative division
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
an administrative division
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References edit
- ^ “arrondissement” in Lexico, Dictionary.com, LLC and Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “arrondissement”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- ^ “arrondissement”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French edit
Etymology edit
From arrondir (“to round”) + -ment.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)
- rounding
- arrondissement
- (Canada) arrondissement, a borough (submunicipal administrative division)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Bulgarian: арондисман (arondisman)
- → English: arrondissement
- → German: Arrondissement
- → Romanian: arondisment
- → Russian: арондисма́н (arondismán)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: арондисман
- Latin script: arondisman
- → Turkish: arondisman
- → Ukrainian: арондісма́н (arondismán)
Further reading edit
- “arrondissement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)
- (administrative division) arrondissement (an administrative division in some countries)
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