Achetées

Achetées is the feminine plural past participle of the verb acheter (to buy) and is used both as a past participle in compound tenses and as an adjective meaning "purchased" or "bought." It agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies or with the direct object when the past participle is used with the auxiliary être or with avoir in a structure where the object precedes the verb.

In practice, achat is the related noun for a purchase; the masculine form is acheté, the feminine singular is achetée, and the feminine plural is achetées. When used with the auxiliary avoir in passato composé, the past participle generally agrees with a preceding direct object, so you can see forms like les articles que j'ai achetés (masculine) and les pièces que j'ai achetées (feminine). As an attributive adjective, achetée/achetées can modify feminine nouns such as pièces achetées or marchandises achetées, conveying that those items have already been purchased.

Common usage includes describing items, goods, or assets that have been acquired: des biens achetés, des produits achetés, or les voitures achetées lors de la dernière vente. The term contrasts with its masculine or plural equivalents, such as acheté, achetés.

Etymology traces its origin to acheter, itself derived from Old French and related to the concept of purchase or acquisition; achetée reflects the feminine form in agreement with the noun it describes.

See also: acheter, achat, acheteur, acquérir.