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HYPHENATED [1 record]

Record 1 1991-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Pertaining to, or designating a person or organization of mixed origin or identity: an Irish-American club and other hyphenated organizations.

CONT

A hyphenated Canadian would be a Russian Canada, Scotch-Canadian, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

L'équivalent français devra être établi selon le contexte et l'application, par exemple, "hyphenated Canadian"/Canadien de souche ... ou Canadien d'origine ...; hyphenated spectral techniques / couplé à une spectrométrie.

Spanish

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