comparades

Comparades is the feminine plural past participle of the Catalan verb comparar, meaning "compared" or "having been compared." In Catalan grammar, past participles used as adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify, so comparades modifies feminine plural nouns.

It is commonly used in scientific, statistical, or descriptive prose to indicate data or results that have been subjected to comparison. For example, Les dades comparades entre els dos grups mostren diferències significatives. Another example is Les mostres comparades han estat seleccionades de manera aleatòria, where the compared samples are described as part of an analysis.

Morphology and usage notes: the participle forms a full paradigm with gender and number agreement. The masculine singular is comparat, the feminine singular comparada, the masculine plural comparats, and the feminine plural comparades. As an adjective or past participle, comparades appears directly before or after the noun it describes, depending on the construction.

Etymology and relation to other languages: comparades comes from the Catalan verb comparar, which derives from Latin comparare, meaning to pair or to compare. In closely related Romance languages, parallel forms exist (for instance, Spanish uses comparadas as feminine plural of the participle comparable to compare data), though spelling and agreement rules vary by language.

See also: comparar, comparació, comparatiu, and the concept of past participles in Romance languages.