arrondissement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French arrondissement.

Noun

arrondissement (plural arrondissements)

An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries
(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
Italian: arrondissement m
Portuguese: arrondissement m

French

Etymology

From arrondir +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ʁɔ̃.dis.mɑ̃/
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Noun

arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

Arrondissement
(Canada) Arrondissement, a borough (submunicipal administrative division)

Further reading

“arrondissement” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

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

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