divisée

Divisée is the feminine past participle of the French verb diviser, meaning divided or split. It is used as an adjective and as a participial form in tenses when the subject is feminine, and it agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies.

Etymology: Divisée derives from Latin divisus, via Old French divisier, with the standard masculine form divisé and the feminine form divisée. Plural forms are divisés (masc.) and divisées (fem.).

Usage and contexts:

- Language and grammar: divisée describes something that has been divided, as in une section divisée en trois parties or une liste divisée par thèmes.

- Botany: used to describe leaves or petals that are divided into lobes or segments, for example une feuille divisée.

- Heraldry and art: used to denote a field or shield partitioned by lines, with agreement to the noun’s gender, such as un écu divisé or une bordure divisée.

- Music: in French notation, divisé/divisée can indicate that a part is divided among players or voices, though the Italian term divisi remains common in some scores.

Examples:

La feuille est divisée en trois lobes.

L’écu est divisé en deux parties, rouge et bleu.

La partition indique des voix divisées.

See also: division, divisibility, divisor, divide, diviser, divisé.