arrondissement

noun

ar·ron·disse·ment ə-ˈrän-də-smənt

ˌa-ˌrōⁿ-(ˌ)dē-ˈsmäⁿ

: an administrative district of some large French cities

: the largest division of a French department

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Les Archives, located in Paris’ 6th arrondissement, is a secondhand designer store rendered entirely in millennial pink. —

Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026 The new space is set within the same compound as the late creative’s design practice, which is located on 9 bis avenue de Saxe in Paris’ 7th arrondissement. —

Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026 Two years ago, in Paris, organizers turned the seventh arrondissement into a light show and devoted considerable airtime to the Minions. —

Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026 The backstory Enviably located in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the 7th arrondissement, the property is housed in the former Hôtel Cayré, where artists and writers once resided. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026 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

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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 15 Feb. 2026.

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