Compound adjectives
an adjective is used to modify a noun:
a pullover –> a red pullover
a holiday –> a long holiday
When another word (usually an adjective too) is used to modify the adjective, the two words together become a compound adjective:
a red pullover –> a dark-red pullover
Notice that often a hyphen (-) is used, but not always, especially in American English.
When numbers are used, they are singular and not plural:
a two-week holiday (vacances de deux semaines)
a four-wheel-drive a car
You can get more information about compound adjectives at wikipedia
click here for information about compound nouns
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Tags: compound, noms composés | 
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Thank you for all Jonathan please can make me converse with another learner?
thank you Jonathan I love this kind of exercises, We notice that we still have problems of assimilation
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