Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ARRONDISSEMENT
Ar `ron `disse `ment ", n. Etym: [F., fr. arrondir to make round; ad +rond round, L. rotundus.]
Defn: A subdivision of a department. [France ]
Note: The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements, those into cantons, and the latter into communes.
New American Oxford Dictionary
arrondissement
ar ron disse ment |əˈrändismənt, äˈräNdēsˌmäN əˈrɑndəsmənt | ▶noun a subdivision of a department in France, for purposes of local government administration. • an administrative district of certain large French cities, in particular Paris. ORIGIN French, from arrondir ‘make round. ’
Oxford Dictionary
arrondissement
arrondissement |aˈrɒndiːsmɑ̃, ˌarɒnˈdiːsmɑ̃, French aʀɔ̃dismɑ̃ | ▶noun a subdivision of a French department, for local government administration. • an administrative district of certain large French cities, in particular Paris. ORIGIN French, from arrondir ‘make round ’.
Duden Dictionary
Arrondissement
Ar ron dis se ment Substantiv, Neutrum , das |arõdɪs (ə )ˈmãː |das Arrondissement; Genitiv: des Arrondissements, Plural: die Arrondissements französisch arrondissement, eigentlich = Abrundung a dem Departement untergeordneter Verwaltungsbezirk in Frankreich b Verwaltungseinheit, Stadtbezirk in französischen Großstädten das 4. Pariser Arrondissement
French Dictionary
arrondissement
arrondissement n. m. nom masculin 1 Action d ’arrondir une valeur numérique, en supprimant les fractions. 2 Subdivision administrative et territoriale de certaines grandes villes (GDT ). : Marie-Ève habite l ’arrondissement d ’Outremont, Fanny, l ’arrondissement du Plateau-Mont-Royal.
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