9-3
Appearance
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From "9" and "3", the number of the department (93)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]9-3 m (uncountable)
- (colloquial, derogatory) the department of Seine-Saint-Denis
Note
[edit]This is the only case of a French department's number whose ciphers are spelled separately. The spelling as a whole is also common (quatre-vingt-treize) – as it is the case of any other department – and is not derogatory.