Entraînée

Entraînée is the feminine singular past participle of the French verb entraîner, and it also functions as an adjective formed from this participle. It agrees in gender with a feminine noun, as in une personne entraînée or une équipe entraînée. The masculine form is entraîné, and the plural forms are entraînés (masc) and entraînées (fem).

As an adjective, entraînée describes someone or something that has undergone training or is skilled through training. It is commonly used in sports, education, and professional contexts: une athlète entraînée, une équipe bien entraînée, un personnel médical entraîné. The term can also appear in the sense of being drawn into a consequence or process, in expressions such as une mesure qui a entraîné des coûts or des effets imprévus.

Etymology and sense: entraîneur, entraînement and entraîneur derive from the verb traîner (to drag, to pull along) with the prefix en-, giving the sense of drawing someone into or preparing them through training. The figurative development from “draw along” to “prepare by training” is typical of the verb’s evolution in French.

Usage notes: in compound tenses with avoir, the past participle entraine typically agrees only if a preceding direct object affects agreement; with être, the participle agrees with the subject as usual when used in a passive sense. The feminine form entraînée is standard when describing a feminine subject.

Related forms include entraîné (masc. sing.), entraînements (training as a noun), and entraîneur/entraîneuse (trainer).