Contrôlée

Contrôlée is the feminine singular past participle form of the French verb contrôler, and it also functions as an adjective meaning “controlled” or “monitored.” It agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies, yielding forms such as contrôlé (m. sg), contrôlés (m. pl), and contrôlées (f. pl).

Grammatical use and agreement

As part of compound tenses with the auxiliary avoir, the past participle generally does not agree with the subject unless a direct object precedes the verb, in which case it may take feminine or plural endings (par exemple, les pièces que j’ai contrôlées). In the passive voice, the auxiliary is être and the participle agrees with the subject (par exemple, la pièce a été contrôlée). When used as an adjective, contrôlée describes a noun directly (par exemple, une zone contrôlée, une procédure contrôlée).

Contexts and examples

Contrôlée appears in everyday French to indicate that something has undergone inspection, verification, or regulation. It is common in regulatory language, quality assurance, and security contexts. Examples: une étiquette contrôlée, un produit contrôlé, une entrée sous contrôle, une zone contrôlée. In legal and labeling phrases, it often occurs in fixed expressions such as Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée, where contrôlée agrees with Origine (feminine), meaning “origin-controlled.”

Etymology and related terms

Contrôlée derives from contrôler, which originated in French and is cognate with Italian controllare, meaning to check or verify. Related words include contrôle (control), contrôleur (controller), and contrôle de qualité (quality control).

See also

contrôle, contrôleur, contrôle qualité, Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée.