#okievian

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mental loomBOT
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ebon mulch
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For eg "vingt-en-un" why is the hyphen there?

open bear
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« vingt-et-un (twenty-one) » you mean? This is what we call the « tiret d'union » and it's used to join elements of a compound noun

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for example, « vingt-et-un » is not the numbers 20 and 1, it's the number 21 so we put a tiret there

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Another example would be the name « Jean-Baptiste ». It's not « Jean » and « Baptiste », it's a single unit so we join them to say that this is not separable

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That should explain this particular usage of the tiret but there lots of other uses; there's even two more types of tiret : le cadratin or em-dash (—) and le démi-cadratin or en-dash (–)

ebon mulch
open trellis
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either tiret or trait d'union

wanton falcon
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Tiret technically isn't used in a compound noun so just trait d'union

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Though I'm sure it wouldn't be surprising to hear it called a tiret

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Since it's the same symbol

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The tiret court is used for cutting a word when it doesn't take up the right amount of space
I can't think of any other usages really, aside from just replacing the cadratin/demi-cadratin

open bear
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Yes it’s the same symbol just used differently askip

open trellis
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I thought trait d'union was the official name and tiret was the informal name