arrondissement
noun
ar·ron·disse·ment ə-ˈrän-də-smənt 
ˌa-ˌrōⁿ-(ˌ)dē-ˈsmäⁿ
ˌa-ˌrōⁿ-(ˌ)dē-ˈsmäⁿ 1
: an administrative district of some large French cities
2
: the largest division of a French department
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Set back from the street, steps from the 13th arrondissement's busy Place d'Italie roundabout, this forgotten little pocket of Paris is credited with being one of the city's last bastions of cool thanks to nearby Butte aux Cailles hilltop village. 
Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Sweeping views over the city await at the Hôtel Raphael’s 7th floor hanging garden and terrace bar in the chi-chi 16th arrondissement. Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2022 Its success led to the opening of a second location in the neighboring 11th arrondissement, BMK Folie-Bamako. Vivian Song, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2022 More recently, another Beaumarly restaurant, La Plage Parisienne in the 15th arrondissement, has been accused of discrimination in an Instagram post that likewise went viral—with the receipts to prove it. Vivian Song, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2022 The woman, a 27-year-old American female tourist, was raped last weekend in a public restroom in the 4th arrondissement in central Paris, a source close to the case told CNN. Xiaofei Xu, Pierre Bairin And Amandine Hess, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022 In the city’s 15th arrondissement, what’s usually a five-minute mission required a 15- or, mon Dieu, 20-minute trek in the summer heat this past week — at least for this correspondent, an untrained baguette hunter. Rick Noack, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Very well situated in the 8th arrondissement, at 12 rue Jean Goujon, between Place Francois Ier and Le Grand Palais, the San Regis enjoys a very quiet location in the heart of the busy Triangle D’or. Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 31 July 2022 Girafe Birthday celebrations for Mrs. Affleck continued later that evening, as the pair nestled into a cozy alfresco table at Girafe in the 16th arrondissement, with the Eiffel Tower twinkling in all its splendor just in front of them. Leena Kim, Town & Country, 29 July 2022 See More
Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Sweeping views over the city await at the Hôtel Raphael’s 7th floor hanging garden and terrace bar in the chi-chi 16th arrondissement. Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2022 Its success led to the opening of a second location in the neighboring 11th arrondissement, BMK Folie-Bamako. Vivian Song, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2022 More recently, another Beaumarly restaurant, La Plage Parisienne in the 15th arrondissement, has been accused of discrimination in an Instagram post that likewise went viral—with the receipts to prove it. Vivian Song, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2022 The woman, a 27-year-old American female tourist, was raped last weekend in a public restroom in the 4th arrondissement in central Paris, a source close to the case told CNN. Xiaofei Xu, Pierre Bairin And Amandine Hess, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022 In the city’s 15th arrondissement, what’s usually a five-minute mission required a 15- or, mon Dieu, 20-minute trek in the summer heat this past week — at least for this correspondent, an untrained baguette hunter. Rick Noack, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Very well situated in the 8th arrondissement, at 12 rue Jean Goujon, between Place Francois Ier and Le Grand Palais, the San Regis enjoys a very quiet location in the heart of the busy Triangle D’or. Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 31 July 2022 Girafe Birthday celebrations for Mrs. Affleck continued later that evening, as the pair nestled into a cozy alfresco table at Girafe in the 16th arrondissement, with the Eiffel Tower twinkling in all its splendor just in front of them. Leena Kim, Town & Country, 29 July 2022 See More 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