Bougé

Bougé is the past participle of the French verb bouger, meaning to move or to cause to move. In usage, bougé can function as an adjective or as part of compound tenses, and it agrees with the noun it describes in gender and number: bougé (masc. sing.), bougée (fem. sing.), bougés (masc. pl.), bougées (fem. pl.).

Common uses describe something that has changed position or been moved. For example, a curtain can be bougé by the wind, or furniture can be bougé to rearrange a room. In the passé composé, bougé appears with the auxiliary avoir when the movement is transitive (Ils ont bougé les meubles). When the movement is intransitive or pronominal, different constructions may occur, such as être in passive-like senses or pronoun forms (Le cadre a été bougé; elle s’est bougée in rare or stylistic cases).

The term is widely found in everyday and literary French, particularly for concise descriptions of physical change or repositioning. It is less frequent in formal or technical writing, where synonyms like déplacé or modifié may be preferred. Bougé also carries a figurative shade in descriptive prose, signaling disruption, alteration of plans, or dynamic action.

See also: bouger, passé composé, participe passé, adjectifs de participe passé.