annoné

Annoncé is the past participle of the French verb annoncer, meaning “to announce.” In standard French it functions both as a participle in compound tenses and as an adjective meaning “announced.”

As a participle, annoncé forms with the auxiliary avoir in passé composé, as in Ils ont annoncé la nouvelle. When used with avoir, the past participle may agree in gender and number with a preceding direct object, for example La nouvelle qu’ils ont annoncée.

As an adjective, annoncé can describe a noun in the sense of “announced.” For example, un événement annoncé means an event that has been announced. The usual inflected forms are: masculine sing. annoncé, feminine sing. annoncée, masculine plural annoncés, feminine plural annoncées.

Orthography and usage note: the standard spelling is annoncé (with c before the acute é). The form annonçé (with a cedilla after n) is considered nonstandard in contemporary French and is typically viewed as a misspelling. Variants with feminine or plural endings follow the regular adjective/participial patterns: annoncée, annoncés, annoncées.

Etymology: annoncer derives from Old French anoncier (to announce), itself from Latin annuntiare, meaning to report or declare. The past participle announced evolved in the French language to express completed action or a described state related to what was announced.

See also: annoncer, annonce, annonceur, annonceur.