Décodée

Décodée is the feminine singular past participle of the French verb décoder, meaning "to decode." In modern French, décodée functions as an adjective or passive participle and agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies, typically indicating that something has been decoded.

Etymology and morphology: It is formed from the verb décoder, which itself is built from the root for code with the prefix dé- indicating reversal. The standard inflection yields masculine décodé, feminine décodée, plural décodés, and plural féminin décodées.

Usage: In contexts such as computing, cryptography, linguistics, and media analysis, décodée describes results or data that have been translated from encoded form into something readable. Examples include: les données décodées (the decoded data), l'image décodée (the decoded image), une séquence décodée (a decoded sequence).

Relation to décodage: The noun décodage refers to the process of decoding; décodée denotes the outcome. The masculine equivalent is décodé and the plural forms are décodés (masculine) and décodées (feminine).

Notes: As an ordinary adjective, décodée primarily serves to describe feminine nouns and agrees in number and gender with them. It is commonly used in technical and analytical writing to indicate that information has been translated from an encoded or encrypted form into a usable or intelligible form.