Accompagnés

Accompagnés is the masculine plural form of the French past participle accompagné, derived from the verb accompagner, meaning to go with or to accompany. In French, accompagnés can function as an adjective or as part of compound verb forms, and it is used to describe people or objects that have been accompanied.

As an adjective, accompagnés agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies: un ami accompagné, une amie accompagnée, des amis accompagnés, des amies accompagnées. When used in passé composé or other tenses with avoir, the participle agrees with a preceding direct object, for example: les amis que j’ai accompagnés (the friends I accompanied). With the auxiliary être, agreement is with the subject, as in Ils sont accompagnés (they are accompanied).

In practical usage, accompagnés often appears in social, educational, or legal contexts to designate people who are under guidance, care, or supervision, such as des mineurs accompagnés or des personnes accompagnées par un travailleur social. It can also describe travelers or visitors who are escorted, for instance des touristes accompagnés d’un guide. The term highlights the act of being accompanied rather than the accompanying person, a nuance captured by the related noun accompagnement.

Translations into English depend on context: accompanied or escorted. Related terms include accompagnement (the act or process of accompaniment or support) and accompagnant/accompagnante (the person who accompanies). The form accompagnés specifically denotes masculine plural and is commonly found in formal written French.