arrondissement. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

arrondissement

SYLLABICATION:	ar·ron·disse·ment
PRONUNCIATION:	ä-rôds-mä
NOUN:	1. The chief administrative subdivision of a department in France. 2. A municipal subdivision in some large French cities.
ETYMOLOGY:	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).


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