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Le terme pause(-)café s’écrit avec ou sans trait d’union.
Au pluriel, pause prend la marque du pluriel alors que café demeure invariable.
Les quatre graphies suivantes sont donc toutes correctes :
- une pause café, des pauses café
- une pause-café, des pauses-café
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