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Webster 1913 Edition
Arrondissement
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Arˊronˊdisseˊment′
,Noun.
[F., fr.
arrondir
to make round; ad
+ rond
round, L. rotundus
.] A subdivision of a department.
[France]
☞ The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements, those into cantons, and the latter into communes.
Definition 2024
arrondissement
arrondissement
English
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
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French
Etymology
From stem of arrondissant with suffix -ment.
Pronunciation
Noun
arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)
- Arrondissement
- (Canada) Arrondissement, a borough (submunicipal administrative division)
Portuguese
Noun
arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)
- (government) arrondissement (an administrative division in some countries)