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

In the days leading up to his show, Chavarria and his team were hard at work in his make-shift studio in the 6th arrondissement. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

This season is set to be Auralee’s grandest showcase yet, held in the opulent Odéon Theatre in the city’s 6th arrondissement. — Ashley Ogawa Clarke, Vogue, 23 June 2026

The new outpost is located at the entrance of the exclusive Village Royal shopping district in the 8th arrondissement, neighboring luxury heavyweights Hermès, Prada, and Berluti. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 June 2026

The new space was set within the same compound as the late creative’s design practice, which is located on 9 bis avenue de Saxe in Paris’ 7th arrondissement. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 11 June 2026

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

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