arrondissement

See also: Arrondissement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French arrondissement.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈɹɒn.dɪs.mənt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈɹɑn.dɪs.mənt/
  • IPA(key): /ˌæɹ.ɒnˈdiːs.mɒ̃/, /æˌɹɒn.diːsˈmɒ̃/[1][2][3]

Noun

arrondissement (plural arrondissements)

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

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References

  1. ^ “arrondissement” in Lexico, Dictionary.com, LLC and Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ “arrondissement”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
  3. ^ “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/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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)

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Portuguese

Noun

arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French arrondissement.

Noun

arrondissement n

  1. arrondissement

Declension

Declension of arrondissement
nominative genitive
singular indefinite arrondissement arrondissements
definite arrondissementet arrondissementets
plural indefinite arrondissement arrondissements
definite arrondissementen arrondissementens

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