doublées

Doublées is the feminine plural form of the French past participle of the verb doubler and of the adjective doublé. It is used to describe a feminine plural noun that has been duplicated, twofold, or reinforced by a second layer or copy. As an adjective or participle, doublées agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies.

Common usages

In manufacturing and construction, doublées describes elements that come with two layers or copies, such as des parois doublées (double-walled walls) or des couches doublées (double layers). In data management or archiving, it can refer to duplicated data or backup copies, for example des enregistrements doublés or des données doublées. In media, the form appears in phrases like versions doublées (dubbed versions) or voix doublées (dubbed voices) to indicate content that has been translated and voiced in another language.

Grammar notes

Doublées functions as an adjective or a past participle and thus agrees with the noun it modifies. It corresponds to the masculine singulier doublé and the masculine plural doublés, as well as the feminine singular doublée. The unchanging base is doubler, from which the sense of doubling or duplication derives.

See also

Doubler, doublage, double.