Incendiées

Incendiées is the feminine plural form of the French past participle of incendier, meaning "set on fire" or "burned." As an adjective, it describes feminine plural nouns that have been damaged or destroyed by fire (for example, "les maisons incendiées"). It can also appear in compound tenses with avoir or être when agreement rules require it.

Grammatically, incendier is a regular -er verb; its past participle is incendié (masculine singular), with feminine and plural agreement formed by adding -e and/or -s (incendiée, incendiés, incendiées). In compound tenses that use être (rare for incendier except in passive constructions), the participle agrees with the subject; in active voice with avoir, it agrees with a preceding direct object when applicable.

The term is commonly used in legal, journalistic and historical contexts to describe property destroyed by arson or deliberate attack, and in descriptions of wartime destruction. It should not be confused with incendiaire, which can mean "arsonist" or "incendiary" and functions as a noun or adjective with a different nuance.

Etymologically, incendier derives from Latin incendĕre ("to set on fire"). In literature and reporting, incendiées is used both in literal senses and occasionally in figurative expressions to convey devastation or intense emotional upheaval. Pronunciation approximates [ɛ̃.sɑ̃.dje].