Ciblée

Ciblée is the feminine singular form of the past participle of cibler, the verb meaning to target or aim at. In contemporary French, it is used as an adjective meaning "targeted" or "aimed at" and agrees with the feminine noun it modifies. It is common in fields such as marketing, communications, security, and medicine.

In marketing and communications, the term appears in phrases like une campagne ciblée or une audience ciblée to refer to strategies or groups that are specifically chosen. Related forms include ciblés (masc. sing.), ciblées (fem. plur.), and messages ciblés. In data and advertising contexts, the concept of ciblage (targeting) is central to delivering customized content.

In security and military language, targeted actions are described as actions ciblées, such as une attaque ciblée or une opération ciblée, indicating precision directed at a particular target rather than broad actions.

In medicine, the expression thérapie ciblée denotes treatments designed to act on specific molecular targets associated with a disease, exemplifying the broader use of ciblée to denote specificity and selectivity.

Grammatical note: the form ciblée agrees in gender and number with the noun it describes (feminine singular here; masculine singular would be ciblé, feminine plural ciblées, masculine plural ciblés).

Etymology: the term derives from cible (target) and the verb cibler, reflecting its core meaning of aiming at a specific object or group.