conditionnée

Conditionnée is the feminine form of the past participle of the French verb conditionner. As an adjective or past-participial form, it denotes that something has undergone a conditioning process or has been prepared under specified conditions. In everyday French it is widely used to describe packaged goods, for example un produit conditionné (a packaged product), or figuratively to describe a subject shaped by conditioning, such as une personne conditionnée.

In grammar, conditionnée appears in compound tenses with the auxiliary avoir; the participle generally does not change when the direct object follows the verb, but it agrees with a preceding direct object. For example: Elle a conditionné la machine (no agreement), La machine qu’elle a conditionnée (agreement with machine).

Origin and related terms: The verb conditionner is formed from the noun condition and the suffix -ner; condition noun itself comes from Latin conditio meaning “a stipulation or arrangement.” Related terms include conditionnement (conditioning) and conditionneur (a device or agent that conditions).

See also: conditionnement, conditionner, condition.