dissenyats

Dissenyats is the masculine plural form of the Catalan past participle dissenyat, used as an adjective meaning designed. It is applied to nouns to indicate that they have been conceived or produced according to a design process. The feminine plural form is dissenyades.

Etymology and form: The word derives from the noun disseny (design) combined with the participial suffix -at to form dissenyat (designed). The masculine plural adds -s to yield dissenyats, while the feminine plural is dissenyades. In use, dissenyats functions as a descriptive term rather than a noun, aligning with other Catalan adjectives that reflect design intent.

Usage: In Catalan, dissenyats describes objects, products, spaces, or graphics that have been designed. It appears in design documentation, product descriptions, marketing copy, and academic writing to emphasize the design aspect of an item. It is not a stand-alone concept but a grammatical inflection that conveys the result of a design process.

Examples: mobles dissenyats (designed furniture); objectes dissenyats (designed objects); espai dissenyat i dissenyats segons el projecte (the space designed according to the project). The term is commonly used in professional design contexts and media to highlight intentional design rather than mere production.

See also: disseny, disseny industrial, dissenyador.