achevée

Achevée is the feminine singular past participle of the French verb achever. It functions as a past participle used as an adjective or in compound tenses, and it denotes that something has been completed or brought to an end. The form agrees with the gender and number of the noun it modifies.

Grammar and agreement: In sentences with the auxiliary être, such as a passive construction or in passé composé with être, achevée agrees with the subject: La réforme est achevée. With the auxiliary avoir, the participle normally does not agree with a following direct object, but it does agree if the object precedes the participle or appears before the verb in a relative clause: La tâche qu'elle a achevée (tâche is feminine and precedes the participle). This same logic applies to other feminine nouns: une œuvre achevée, une mission achevée, etc.

Usage: Achevée is used to describe works, projects, tasks, constructions, studies, and other accomplishments that are finished. It appears in literary, artistic, academic, and formal contexts to convey completion or finalization.

Examples:

- La maison est achevée.

- Une œuvre achevée peut être exposée.

- La tâche qu'elle a achevée était complexe.

Etymology: achevée derives from the verb achever; the ending -ée marks feminine singular form used when the participle modifies a feminine noun or appears in feminine agreement contexts.

See also: achever (the base verb), past participles in French, agreement of past participles with auxiliary verbs.