donnés

Donnés is the masculine plural past participle of the French verb donner (to give) and functions as an adjective in many contexts. It conveys meanings such as "given," "provided," or "donated," depending on the subject and sense. When used to describe a noun, it agrees in gender and number: for example, "des objets donnés" means "objects that have been given or donated." In perfect tenses with the auxiliary avoir, the participle may agree with a preceding direct object, as in "les paramètres que j'ai donnés" (the parameters I gave).

Données, with a grave accent on the first e, is a separate word: the plural of donnée, a noun meaning data or information. It is common in scientific, statistical, and computing contexts, as in "données personnelles" (personal data).

Origin and usage: Both forms derive from donner; the adjectival form follows standard French agreement rules and the noun form is widely used in modern French to denote data.

Notes: The distinction between donnés and données is orthographic and semantic rather than morphological. They are not interchangeable.