noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/əˈɹɒn.dɪs.mənt/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌæ.ɹɒnˈdiːs.mɒ̃/
Received-Pronunciation:/æˌɹɒn.diːsˈmɒ̃/
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General-American:/əˈɹɑn.dɪs.mənt/
General-American:/ˌæ.ɹɑnˈdis.mɑ̃/
General-American:/æˌɹɑn.dːsˈmɑ̃/
1
noun
Meaning 1
An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A borough, a submunicipal administrative division.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Quebec
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree French a- French rond Proto-Italic *-jezi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -īre French -ir French arrondir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French arrondissementbor. English arrondissement Borrowed from French arrondissement.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
دَائِرَة
(dāʔira)
— an administrative division
Breton:
arondisamant
— an administrative division
Bulgarian:
арондисма́н
(arondismán)
— an administrative division
Chinese Mandarin:
區 /区
— an administrative division
Corsican:
arrondissement
— an administrative division
Dutch:
arrondissement
— an administrative division
Finnish:
piiri
— an administrative division
French:
arrondissement
— an administrative division
West-Frisian:
arrondissemint
— an administrative division
German:
Arrondissement
— an administrative division
Haitian Creole:
awondisman
— an administrative division
Hungarian:
kerület
— an administrative division
Icelandic:
hverfi
— an administrative division
Icelandic:
sýsluhverfi
— an administrative division
Indonesian:
arondisemen
— an administrative division
Italian:
arrondissement
— an administrative division
Japanese:
アロンディスマン
(arondisuman)
— an administrative division
Korean:
아롱디스망
(arongdiseumang)
— an administrative division
Occitan:
arrondiment
— an administrative division
Portuguese:
arrondissement
— an administrative division
Romanian:
arondisment
— an administrative division
Russian:
арондисма́н
(arondismán)
— an administrative division
Russian:
о́круг
(ókrug)
— an administrative division
Serbo-Croatian:
арондѝсма̄н
— an administrative division
Serbo-Croatian:
arondìsmān
— an administrative division
Swedish:
arrondissement
— an administrative division
Turkish:
arondisman
— an administrative division
Ukrainian:
арондісма́н
(arondismán)
— an administrative division
