arrondissement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries.
A borough, a submunicipal administrative division.

Pronunciation

/əˈɹɒn.dɪs.mənt/ /ˌæ.ɹɒnˈdiːs.mɒ̃/ /æˌɹɒn.diːsˈmɒ̃/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-arrondissement.wav /əˈɹɑn.dɪs.mənt/ /ˌæ.ɹɑnˈdis.mɑ̃/ /æˌɹɑn.dːsˈmɑ̃/

Word forms

arrondissement arrondissements arr. arr

Etymology

Borrowed from French arrondissement.

Derived words

arr arr.

Translations

Arabic: دَائِرَة Breton: arondisamant Bulgarian: арондисма́н Chinese Mandarin: 區 /区 Corsican: arrondissement Finnish: piiri French: arrondissement West-Frisian: arrondissemint German: Arrondissement Haitian Creole: awondisman Hungarian: kerület Icelandic: hverfi Icelandic: sýsluhverfi Italian: arrondissement Japanese: アロンディスマン Korean: 아롱디스망 Occitan: arrondiment Portuguese: arrondissement Romanian: arondisment Russian: арондисма́н Russian: о́круг Serbo-Croatian: арондѝсма̄н Serbo-Croatian: arondìsmān Swedish: arrondissement Turkish: arondisman Ukrainian: арондісма́н

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