Documentés

Documentés is the masculine plural form of the past participle documenté, used as an adjective or, in occasional cases, as a rare noun in French. In everyday usage, it most often appears to describe information, items, or claims that have been supported or verified by documents or evidence. Common collocations include faits documentés, données documentées, sources documentées, and dossiers documentés.

Etymology and grammar: The word derives from the verb documenter, which comes from the noun documentum in Latin, through Old and Modern French. The participle documenté agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number. Feminine forms are documentée (singular) and documentées (plural); masculine plural is documentés. As a noun, documenté is rare and context-dependent, typically referring to a person who is documented or to a group described as having documentation.

Usage and context: Documentés is prevalent in formal, academic, legal, and journalistic writing to stress verifiability and evidentiary support. It is frequently paired with nouns like faits, données, pièces, or sources. The term helps distinguish between claims that are evidenced and those that are unverified or speculative. In contrast, the adjective non documenté or non-documenté is used for things lacking documentation.

See also: Documenter, documentation, documentaire, documentationnelle, document, documented sources, evidenced facts.

Notes: While primarily an adjectival form, documentés can function in very limited contexts as a noun referring to a group of people or items characterized by documentation, though this usage is uncommon.