Rassemblés

Rassemblés is the plural past participle of the French verb rassembler, meaning to bring together. It functions as an adjective meaning “gathered” or as the past participle of the reflexive verb se rassembler, meaning “to have gathered (oneself)” or “to come together.” The form agrees with the noun it modifies: rassemblé (masculine singular), rassemblée (feminine singular), rassemblés (masculine or mixed plural), and rassemblées (feminine plural).

In usage, rassemblés can appear as a modifier, as in des hommes rassemblés, or as part of a verbal phrase such as ils se sont rassemblés. It can denote a physical gathering in a place or the result of gathering, depending on context. The sense is closely tied to the act of bringing people or things into a single group or location.

In journalism and everyday French, the noun rassemblement or rassemblement is the standard term for a gathering, rally, or assembly. Rassemblés, by contrast, tends to describe the participants or the state of being gathered rather than the event itself, and is frequently used in descriptive passages or headline phrasing.

Etymology derives from the verb rassembler, formed from the prefix re- plus assembler, itself from the Latin-influenced development of the root meaning to bring together. The word is common in French-language writing and remains regular in both formal and informal contexts.