Produites

Produites is the feminine plural form of the past participle of the French verb produire (to produce). In standard use, it functions as a past participle and can also serve as an adjective, agreeing with a feminine plural noun. As a participle, it forms compound tenses with the auxiliary être or avoir and, when used adjectivally, describes something that has been produced or manufactured.

In practice, produced goods or outputs are often described with this form in contexts such as manufacturing, agriculture, or statistics. For example, Les pièces produites par l’usine ont été inspectées means the produced parts have been inspected. Another example is les matières produites, referring to produced materials. The form produit(e)s can also appear in passive constructions, such as Les biens ont été produits, where the past participle agrees with the feminine plural object if the subject is feminine plural.

Etymology traces the word to produire, from Latin producere, meaning to lead forth or bring forth. The feminine plural ending -ites signals agreement with a feminine plural noun, whereas masculine forms would be produit (singular), produits (masculine plural), or produite (feminine singular).

Limitations and distinctions: produites is not normally used as a standalone noun. The corresponding nouns are production (the act or result of producing) and produits (products). Produites more often appears in grammatical, descriptive, or formal reporting where agreement with a feminine plural noun is required.

See also: participle, accord of the past participle, production, produits.