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St
AbbreviationOfficialA2Meaning
saint, dans un nom de lieu
The abbreviation of saint in town and street names: St-Denis, Ste-Anne. It is used only in proper nouns, and the hyphen stays.
How it is said
saint
Gender and article
no article
Where you meet it
A road sign, a metro map, an address.
Example
Correspondance à St-Lazare pour la ligne 14.
Change at St-Lazare for line 14.
In the DELF
reading A2
Watch out
St for masculine, Ste for feminine: St-Étienne, Ste-Marie. In a text, the word is written in full: « la ville de Saint-Étienne ».