commandée

Commandée is the feminine singular past participle of the French verb commander. It functions as an adjective meaning “ordered” or as part of a compound tense. The masculine singular is commandé, and the forms commandés (masc. plur.) and commandées (fem. plur.) exist to agree with the noun they describe.

Grammatical use and agreement

As adjective or in passive constructions, commandée agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies or with the subject in a passive clause. With the auxiliary avoir in passé composé, the past participle generally does not agree with the subject, unless a preceding direct object requires agreement. For example: “La marchandise commandée est arrivée” (the ordered goods have arrived) shows agreement with the feminine noun marchandise. In a relative clause, “les fleurs que j’ai commandées” also shows agreement with fleurs.

Common contexts

The word is frequent in commerce, logistics, and procurement to describe items that were requested or placed in an order. It also appears in everyday phrases like “la commande commandée” to refer to an order that has been placed and is to be fulfilled, or “des articles commandés” for “ordered items.”

Etymology and related terms

Commandée derives from the verb commander, which traces back to Latin roots related to entrusting or ordering. Related words include commande (order), commandeur (commander), commandement (command), and les commandes (orders).

See also

commande, commander, commandement, commandes, commandant.