arrondissement
Americannoun
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the largest administrative division of a French department, comprising a number of cantons.
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an administrative district of certain large cities in France.
noun
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the largest administrative subdivision of a department
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a municipal district of certain cities, esp Paris
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of arrondissement
1800–10; < French, equivalent to arrondiss- (variant stem of arrondir to round out; see a- 5, round 1) + -ment -ment
Example Sentences
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I’m based in the 11th Arrondissement, which is certainly one of the more pleasant areas.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024
That came three years after an explosion caused by a gas leak in the Sixth Arrondissement tore off the roof of an apartment building and wounded 17 people.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023
The Paris prosecutor's department said the girl's body was discovered late on Friday near her home in the 19th Arrondissement.
From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2022
Three in the afternoon, 91 degrees, and the air conditioning is broken at Les Argentiers, the brasserie that Ivan Rizzi runs on a workaday street in Paris’ 12th Arrondissement.
From Slate • Aug. 10, 2022
My favorite is the one set in the Fourteenth Arrondissement.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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