arrondissement
Americannoun
plural
arrondissements-
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
Etymology
Origin of arrondissement
1800–10; < French, equivalent to arrondiss- (variant stem of arrondir to round out; a- 5, round 1 ) + -ment -ment
Example Sentences
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Unlike Indiana, last year’s Eastern Conference champion, which lost star Tyrese Haliburton to an Achilles injury and has opted to spend the season in the 10th arrondissement pretending to devour “No Exit,” Boston leaned in to its winning ethos and created a fresh contender.
Come nightfall, I walked to the 11th arrondissement, known for its dining and shopping.
I chose the spunky Marriott property between the Seine and the train station primarily for its location, around five minutes on foot from the train and 15 to the 11th arrondissement and the Marais, the neighborhoods where I planned to spend the most time.
The most recent was the Stade Charlety, a 20,000-capacity venue in a sleepy section of the 13th arrondissement, where the few fans who attended were separated from the field by a running track.
She married at 18 years old, leaving her bourgeois family home in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, where she attended a private Catholic school.
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