constituées

Constituées is the feminine plural past participle of the French verb constituer. It is used as an adjective or in the passive voice to describe entities that have been formed, established, or put in place.

In formal texts, especially legal, administrative, and organizational writing, the term commonly modifies feminine plural nouns such as assemblées constituées, entités constituées, or organisations constituées. It emphasizes that those groups exist as recognized entities, either by law or by formal agreement.

Grammatical notes: the form constituées agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies. In passive or adjectival use, you may see phrases like les assemblées constituées par la loi. In compound tenses with avoir, agreement occurs with a preceding direct object, as in les propositions qu'elles ont constituées, where the past participle carries the feminine plural ending.

Etymology and related terms: constituées derives from constituer, which ultimately comes from Latin constituere. Related words include constitution, constituer, et constitutif. The sense is closely related to forming, establishing, or creating an organized entity. While synonyms such as formées or établies convey similar ideas, constituées is specifically common in formal or bureaucratic language to denote legitimate or recognized formation.