ar·ron·disse·ment (ä-rô  d s-mä )n. 1. The chief administrative subdivision of a department in France. 2. A municipal subdivision in some large French cities. [French, from Old French, rounded projection on a wall, from arrondir, arrondiss-, to round out : a, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + rondir, to make round (from rond, round; see round1).] |
arrondissement (French) [arɔ̃dismɑ̃]
n (in France)
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the largest administrative subdivision of a department
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a municipal district of certain cities, esp Paris
[from arrondir to make round, from ab-1 + -rondir from rond round]
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