appropriés

Appropriés is the masculine plural form of the French adjective approprié, meaning suitable, proper, or fitting for a given purpose or context. It is used to indicate that something matches requirements, conditions, or expectations. The feminine forms are appropriée (singular) and appropriées (plural), while the masculine singular is approprié.

Etymology and form. The adjective approprié derives from French usage of the past participle of approximately related verbs, with roots in Latin proprius (“one’s own”) and the sense of making something proper or belonging to a context. In modern French it functions as an adjective agreeing in gender and number with the noun it modifies.

Usage. Appropriate is common in formal and semi-formal registers, including administrative, technical, and legal language. It often appears with nouns such as mesures appropriées (appropriate measures), outils appropriés (appropriate tools), or vêtements appropriés (appropriate clothing). It implies suitability to a specific purpose, constraints, or circumstances and carries a nuance closer to “well-suited” than merely “good.” Synonyms include adaptés, convenables, idoines, or approprié’s near equivalents in context.

As a past participle. Approprier, the verb, has the past participle approprié. It can occur in constructions such as a passive voice: les fonds ont été appropriés (the funds were appropriated). When used with avoir, the participle normally agrees with a preceding direct object; with être, agreement follows the subject. A sample sentence: Il a approprié des fonds, meaning he appropriated funds. In contrast, Les fonds ont été appropriés décrit the funds as being appropriated.