arrondissement

noun

1
: an administrative district of some large French cities
2
: the largest division of a French department

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Elsewhere in Europe, the LXR brand will arrive in France this spring with the opening of Sax Paris in the city’s seventh arrondissement. Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2025 One exceptional find this season is Ashlyn —founded by the South Korean designer Ashlynn Park—which had a number of looks on display in an art gallery in Paris’ first arrondissement. Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025 Location: In the Champs Elysées district BOOK NOW Apartment Near The Louvre, 1st Arrondissement Photo: Courtesy of Airbnb There’s no need to sacrifice location for luxury—or vice-versa—with this one-bedroom in the 1st arrondissement. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025 Le Jardin de Verre by Locke ranges across both an 18th century mansion and a former factory in the 5th arrondissement. Sarah Turner, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for arrondissement

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

Time Traveler
The first known use of arrondissement was in 1746

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“Arrondissement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrondissement. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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