arrondissement

noun

ar·​ron·​disse·​ment ə-ˈrän-də-smənt  ˌa-ˌrōⁿ-(ˌ)dē-ˈsmäⁿ 

1

: an administrative district of some large French cities

2

: the largest division of a French department

Examples of arrondissement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, Mitchinson loves Le Refuge du Passé in the 5th arrondissement for its excellent French cuisine (think duck cassoulet, veal sweetbread, and a perfect tarte tatin) and the interior’s quirky decor. —Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2024

This is certainly the case during the 2024 Olympic Games, when a plethora of exciting initiatives and activations will be taking place within and around the 15th arrondissement. —Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 6 July 2024

After transforming the 1st arrondissement venue into an open-air club, celebrities gathered at Maxim de Paris, the city's night owl stronghold. —Jessica Scemama, Glamour, 24 June 2024

Mistral’s Mensch gained his PhD at the university in Paris’s fifth arrondissement before moving on to Google. —Amanda Gerut, Fortune Europe, 20 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, "action of making round or rounding off, circumscription of boundaries, extension of a territory, subdivision of a French department," going back to Middle French, "rounding off," from arrondiss-, variant stem of arrondir "to make round, round off" (going back to Old French arondir, from a-, prefix forming transitive verbs — going back to Latin ad- ad- — + -rondir, verbal derivative of reund, rond round entry 1) + -ment -ment

First Known Use

1746, in the meaning defined at sense 2