arrondissement

See also: Arrondissement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French arrondissement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹɒndɪsmənt/ (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɑndɪsmənt/ (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹɒnˈdiːsmɒ̃/, /æˌɹɒndiːsˈmɒ̃/

Noun

arrondissement (plural arrondissements)

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

Synonyms

• arr
• arr.

 

Derived terms

• arr
• arr.

 

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

French

Etymology

From arrondir (“to round”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁɔ̃.dis.mɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

1. rounding
2. arrondissement
3. (Canada) arrondissement, a borough (submunicipal administrative division)

Synonyms

• arr
• arr.

 

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)

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