Impliquées

Impliquées is the feminine plural form of the past participle impliqué of the French verb impliquer. As an adjective, it agrees with feminine plural nouns and describes entities that are involved in a situation, or that have been implicated in an event or process.

The verb impliquer has two main senses. It can mean to involve or to entail, as in incorporating someone or something into an action or situation. It can also mean to implicate, i.e., to accuse or to bring someone into a wrongdoing. Therefore, the phrase les personnes impliquées can indicate the people who are involved in a case, or, depending on context, the people implicated in a wrongdoing. The sense is usually clarified by surrounding context, especially in legal or journalistic writing.

Etymologically, impliquer derives from Latin implicare, meaning to fold together or to entangle, and entered French with senses connected to involvement and consequence. The feminine plural form impliquées is used with feminine plural nouns such as personnes (fem.), parties (fem.), or institutions (fem.).

In usage, impliquées commonly appears in contexts referring to groups or individuals connected to a project, issue, or investigation. Alternatives such as concernées or liées may be chosen to emphasize different nuances. Examples include: les parties impliquées dans le projet; les personnes impliquées dans l’enquête. The term remains neutral regarding guilt; it signals involvement, with the precise interpretation guided by context and additional information.