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
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The former designer of Givenchy and Alyx, and collaborator of Lady Gaga’s Haus of Gaga was posted up at a showroom in the 10th arrondissement in Paris last week.
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José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 3 July 2025
This outpost joins his others salons at 14 Rue Notre-Dame des Victoires in Paris’s 2nd arrondissement, inside the Ritz Hotel in the 1st, and at The Webster on Greene Street in New York City.
—Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Huguette 6th arrondissement This Left Bank seafood restaurant could have been picked up straight from a chic seaside resort on the Brittany coast and dropped in central Paris.
—Eleanor Aldridge, AFAR Media, 30 May 2025
Related Articles She and Falk founded the brand in 2018 in Stockholm and established it in Paris in 2022, with an off-schedule couture show followed by the opening of a showroom and atelier on Rue Saint-Florentin in the 1st arrondissement.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 2 June 2025
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José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 3 July 2025
This outpost joins his others salons at 14 Rue Notre-Dame des Victoires in Paris’s 2nd arrondissement, inside the Ritz Hotel in the 1st, and at The Webster on Greene Street in New York City.
—Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Huguette 6th arrondissement This Left Bank seafood restaurant could have been picked up straight from a chic seaside resort on the Brittany coast and dropped in central Paris.
—Eleanor Aldridge, AFAR Media, 30 May 2025
Related Articles She and Falk founded the brand in 2018 in Stockholm and established it in Paris in 2022, with an off-schedule couture show followed by the opening of a showroom and atelier on Rue Saint-Florentin in the 1st arrondissement.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 2 June 2025
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“Arrondissement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrondissement. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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