tiret

Is tiret masculine or feminine?

letiret
/lə tiʁɛ/masculinehyphen

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -et are masculine.
The suffix often forms a diminutive or small object.
99.2% of -et nouns are masculine

In context

  • Le tiret est mon signe de ponctuation chéri.

    The dash is my favourite punctuation mark.

  • Salut Source tiret bas VOA point d'exclamation

    Hi, Source_VOA!

  • Il ne faut pas utiliser trop de tirets.

    You mustn't use too many hyphens.

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