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em

/ɛm/ /ɛ(ː)m/

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noun

La lettre M

The name of the Latin-script letter M.

Examples :

"The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends."

Les M et les N au début et à la fin.

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noun

Cadrat

A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.

Examples :

"The headline font size is set to 2 ems, making it twice the height of the body text. "

La taille de la police du titre est définie sur 2 cadrats, ce qui la rend deux fois plus haute que le corps du texte.

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pronoun

Lui, elle, le, la (forme objective)

A gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, the objective case of ey, equivalent to the singular them and coordinate with him and her.

Examples :

"If a student doesn't want to use "he" or "she," you can ask em what pronouns em prefers. "

Si un étudiant ne veut pas utiliser « il » ou « elle », vous pouvez lui demander quels pronoms il préfère.

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interjection

Euh, heu

A form of hesitant speech, or an expression of uncertainty; um; umm; erm

Examples :

"She was going to, em... the salon, I think."

Elle allait, euh... au salon, je crois.

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