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Record 1 2007-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
DEF

A needle-like steel spindle, set upright in a base and used for [the] temporary filing of papers ...

OBS

paper spike: term found in the 1998 Pilon Office Products Inc. catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
DEF

Objet de bureau, petit crochet où l'on enfile des notes, des feuilles volantes.

OBS

Selon le Petit Robert 2004, on peut écrire au singulier «pique-note» ou «pique-notes» et au pluriel «pique-notes».

OBS

pique-note (sing.); pique-notes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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