arrondissement

See also: Arrondissement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French arrondissement.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈɹɒndɪsmənt/ (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɑndɪsmənt/ (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹɒnˈdiːsmɒ̃/, /æˌɹɒndiːsˈmɒ̃/[1][2][3]

Noun

arrondissement (plural arrondissements)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

an administrative division

Arabic: دَائِرَة (ar) f (dāʔira)
Breton: arondisamant
Bulgarian: арондисма́н m (arondismán)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 區／区 (zh) (qū)
Corsican: arrondissement m (excluding Corsica)
Finnish: piiri (fi)
French: arrondissement (fr) m
German: Arrondissement (de) n
Haitian Creole: awondisman m
Hungarian: kerület (hu)
Icelandic: hverfi n, sýsluhverfi n
Italian: arrondissement (it) m
Japanese: アロンディスマン (arondisuman)
Korean: 아롱디스망 (arongdiseumang)
Occitan: arrondiment m
Portuguese: arrondissement m
Romanian: arondisment (ro) n
Russian: арондисма́н m (arondismán), о́круг (ru) m (ókrug)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: арондѝсма̄н m

Roman: arondìsmān (sh) m
Turkish: arondisman (tr)
Ukrainian: арондісма́н m (arondismán)
West Frisian: arrondissemint n

References

“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

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

Derived terms

arr
arr.
conseil d’arrondissement
scrutin d’arrondissement

Descendants

→ 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

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

Portuguese

Noun

arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

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

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