Accordés

Accordés is the masculine plural form of the past participle accordé of the verb accorder. As an adjective, accordé means granted, conferred, agreed, or in harmony, depending on the context. The feminine singular is accordée, the masculine singular accordé, and the feminine plural accordées. It is used in phrases such as droits accordés (rights granted), subventions accordées (subsidies granted), or conditions accordées (granted conditions). When the sentence structure with the auxiliary avoir places a direct object before the participle, accordé agrees in gender and number with that object, e.g., les droits que les autorités ont accordés.

In legal, administrative, and bureaucratic language, accordés describes rights, privileges, subsidies, or permissions granted by authorities. The term is common in official documents and media to denote approval or conferral. Examples include des droits accordés par l’État, des allocations accordées par l’organisme, or des privilèges accordés aux partenaires.

In music, accordé can denote that an instrument or notes are in tune; accordé describes things that have been tuned or prepared to be in harmony. The related verb accorder means to tune, to grant, or to harmonize, and accordés can refer to multiple instruments or notes that have been properly tuned.

Originating from the verb accorder, the sense of bringing into agreement or harmony underpins its use across domains. The term appears in various collocations—accordés, accordées, accordé—reflecting gender and number in French grammar.