commandé

Commandé is the past participle of the French verb commander, meaning “ordered” or “commanded.” It can function as an adjective, as in un repas commandé (an order placed for a meal), or form part of compound verb tenses, for example j’ai commandé une pizza (I ordered a pizza). The term is common in everyday language as well as in commercial, retail, and service contexts to indicate that a thing has been requested or arranged.

Etymology and related forms: Commandé derives from the verb commander, which itself comes from Old French comander and Late Latin commandāre, from Latin mandāre meaning to entrust or order. The noun commande exists in French as well, referring to an order or task entrusted to someone, while the related noun commandement denotes command or leadership.

Usage notes: In compound tenses with the auxiliary être, the participle agrees with the subject (la commande a été commandée, the order has been placed). With the auxiliary avoir, the participle generally does not agree with a following direct object, as in j’ai commandé trois livres (I ordered three books). Agreement occurs when a preceding direct object is present, for example: les pizzas que j’ai commandées (the pizzas that I ordered) where the participle is feminine plural to agree with pizzas.

See also: Commander, commande (noun), commandement, and related terms in French verb morphology.