Réunis

Réunis is the masculine plural past participle of the French verb réunir, meaning to bring together or to reunite. In adjectival use, réunis describes people or things that have been gathered or assembled. It agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies (masculine singular: réuni; feminine singular: réunie; masculine plural: réunis; feminine plural: réunies). For example: une assemblée réunie, des participants réunis, des équipes réunies.

Etymology: réunir comes from the prefix re- (again) and unir (to unite), with unir tracing back to Latin unire (to unite). The past participle follows regular patterns for -ir verbs in French, yielding réuni, réunis, réunie, réunies depending on gender and number.

Usage: réunis is commonly used to indicate that people or things have been brought together, as in phrases like une assemblée réunie or des participants réunis. When used as a past participle in compound tenses of réunir, its ending may reflect agreement with a preceding direct object in the sentence, for example les propositions qu’elle a réunies. As an adjective, it can function similarly to synonyms such as rassemblé or uni, but with its own nuance of having been brought together or assembled.

See also: réunir, réunion, réunification, uni.