arrondissement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French arrondissement.

Noun

arrondissement (plural arrondissements)

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

Translations

an administrative division

• Finnish: piiri (fi)
• French: arrondissement (fr) m
• German: Arrondissement (de) n
• Icelandic: hverfi n, sýsluhverfi n
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• Italian: arrondissement m
• Occitan: arrondiment m
• Portuguese: arrondissement m

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French

Etymology

From arrondir +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁɔ̃.dis.mɑ̃/

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Noun

arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

1. Arrondissement
2. (Canada) Arrondissement, a borough (submunicipal administrative division)

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 s)

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