acheté

Acheté is the past participle of the French verb acheter, meaning to buy. It is used in compound tenses with the auxiliary avoir and can also function as an adjective meaning purchased or bought, as in “un produit acheté.”

In compound tenses, the past participle typically agrees in gender and number with a preceding direct object. For example, “j’ai acheté des livres” has no visible agreement because the direct object comes after the participle, while in “les livres que j’ai achetés” the participle agrees with the masculine plural direct object “les livres.” When the direct object is feminine singular and precedes the participle, as in “la robe que j’ai achetée,” the participle takes the feminine singular ending. Pronoun usage follows the same rule: “je l’ai achetée” (she bought it) and “je les ai achetés” (they bought them, masculine plural) when the pronoun precedes the auxiliary.

Acheté can also be used as an adjective, agreeing with the noun it modifies. For example, “un article acheté” (a purchased article) uses masculine singular; “des articles achetés” uses masculine plural; feminine forms include “une voiture achetée” or “des voitures achetées.”

Etymology and related forms: acheter comes from Old French achater/acheter, with roots commonly traced to Latin and medieval Romance terms for purchasing. The noun form for the action is achat (purchase), while the verb forms include present tense conjugations such as j’achète, tu achètes, il achète, nous achetons, vous achetez, ils achètent.

Usage note: acheté commonly appears in contexts describing completed transactions, ownership, or confirmation that something has been bought, and its gender and number should agree with the noun it describes or with the preceding direct object in compound tenses.