Livrés

Livrés is a French term that functions as both a past participle of the verb livrer and an adjective meaning delivered or handed over. As a masculine plural adjective or participle, it describes items that have been delivered or supplied, such as les colis livrés (the delivered parcels) or des matériaux livrés (delivered materials). The feminine forms are livrée (singular) and livrées (plural), used to agree with feminine nouns like une marchandise livrée or des marchandises livrées.

Usage and grammar

In French, livrer means to deliver or to hand over. The past participle livré agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies when used as an adjective, as in colis livrés or marchandise livrée. In compound tenses with the auxiliary verb avoir, the participle generally agrees with a preceding direct object. When used in passive voice or with être as the auxiliary, it agrees with the subject, as in les colis ont été livrés, demonstrating delivery has occurred to the recipients.

Contexts

Livrés appears frequently in logistics, commerce, and shipping contexts to indicate that goods have reached the customer or destination. It is common in inventory lists, delivery notes, and order statuses. The related noun livraison denotes the act or process of delivering, while livrable describes items that are deliverable or capable of being delivered. A person who handles delivery is a livreur or livreuse.

Etymology

The term derives from the French verb livrer, which in turn comes from Old French and Latin roots related to delivering or freeing over. The sense has evolved to emphasize the completion of a transfer of goods or obligations.

See also

Livraison, livrable, livreur, livrable, delivery status terms in logistics.