arrondissement

[ uh-ron-dis-muhnt, ar-uhn-dees-; French a-rawn-dees-mahn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural ar·ron·disse·ments [uh, -, ron, -dis-m, uh, nts, a, -, r, aw, n, -dees-, mahn].

the largest administrative division of a French department, comprising a number of cantons.
an administrative district of certain large cities in France.

arrondissement

/ arɔ̃dismɑ̃ /

1800–10; < French, equivalent to arrondiss- (variant stem of arrondir to round out; a- ⁵, round ¹ ) + -ment -ment

C19: from arrondir to make round, from ab- ¹+ -rondir from rond round

Situated in the city’s posh, sedate 7th Arrondissement, the building has undergone numerous metamorphoses since it was built in the late 1720s.

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