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tee-shirt

T-shirt

noun tee-SHERT Rare

Origin: English loanword

Usage Note

Tee-shirt is the standard French spelling of the English 'T-shirt', though t-shirt is also widely used. The word is masculine and takes regular plurals: des tee-shirts. In casual speech it is often shortened to just un tee.

Examples

"Il porte un tee-shirt blanc sous sa veste."

Natural Translation

He wears a white T-shirt under his jacket.

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