conjuguée

Conjuguée is the feminine form of the French adjective conjugué, meaning “conjugated” or “inflected.” It describes a form that has been produced by conjugation, especially a verb form that has been inflected for person, number, tense, mood, or voice. The masculine form conjugué is used with masculine nouns, for example, un verbe conjugué or la forme conjuguée.

Etymology and scope: The word derives from the verb conjuger, meaning to conjugate, which in turn comes from Latin coniugare, “to join together” in the sense of linking a verb to a subject. In French, the suffix -ée marks feminine participial adjectives, so conjuguée functions both as an adjective and, in certain grammatical constructions, as a participle.

Usage and examples: Conjuguée is commonly used with feminine nouns, such as la forme conjuguée or la phrase conjuguée, to denote a form that has undergone conjugation. It can also appear in discussions of grammar to specify feminine past participle agreement or adjective use, for example: La forme conjuguée du verbe parler à la troisième personne du singulier est parle.

Notes: As with other participles in French, the feminine form conjuguée agrees in gender with the noun it modifies. In broader linguistic discussion, conjunctive or conjugation concepts are addressed under terms like conjugaison, forme conjuguée, and verbe conjugué.

See also: conjugaison; verbe; participe passé; accord du participe passé.