arrondissement

See also: Arrondissement

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

French a-

French rond

Proto-Italic *-jezi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -īre

French -ir

French arrondir

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -ment

Middle French -ment

French -ment

French arrondissementbor.

English arrondissement

Borrowed from French arrondissement.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɒn.dɪs.mənt/, /ˌæ.ɹɒnˈdiːs.mɒ̃/, /æˌɹɒn.diːsˈmɒ̃/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɑn.dɪs.mənt/, /ˌæ.ɹɑnˈdis.mɑ̃/, /æˌɹɑn.dːsˈmɑ̃/

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• arr
• arr.

Translations

an administrative division

• Arabic: دَائِرَة (ar) f (dāʔira)
• Belarusian: акру́га f (akrúha)
• Breton: arondisamant
• Bulgarian: арондисма́н m (arondismán)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 區 / 区 (zh)

• Corsican: arrondissement m (excluding Corsica)
• Dutch: arrondissement (nl) n
• Finnish: piiri (fi)
• French: arrondissement (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: arrondissemint n

• German: Arrondissement (de) n
• Haitian Creole: awondisman m
• Hungarian: kerület (hu)
• Icelandic: hverfi n, sýsluhverfi n
• Indonesian: arondisemen
• 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

  Latin: arondìsmān (sh) m

• Swedish: arrondissement (sv) n
• Turkish: arondisman (tr)
• Ukrainian: арондісма́н m (arondismán)

Further reading

• “arrondissement”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “arrondissement”, in Merriam-Webster.com 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.

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)
4. (Louisiana) ward, police jury ward (subdivision of a civil parish)

Synonyms

• arr
• arr.

Derived terms

• arr
• arr.
• conseil d'arrondissement
• scrutin d'arrondissement

Descendants

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: awondisman
• → 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)

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

Further reading

• “arrondissement”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)