HOW TO PRONOUNCE
arrondissement
/əˈɹɑn.dɪs.mənt/
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What does arrondissement mean?
noun
- An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries.
- A borough, a submunicipal administrative division.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈɹɑn.dɪs.mənt/
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/ˌæ.ɹɑnˈdis.mɑ̃//æˌɹɑn.dːsˈmɑ̃/
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An arrondissement of the Pas de Calais has just been the theatre of an event quite out of the ordinary course.
The death-rate for the first arrondissement of Paris is one to every fifty-two inhabitants, and for the twelfth one to every twenty-six.
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Each department was directed by a prefect, assisted by a consul-general; the arrondissement by a sub- prefect, assisted by a council; the commune by a mayor, assisted by a municipal council.