engendré

Engendré is a French adjective and the past participle of the verb engendrer, meaning to generate or to beget. It denotes something that has been produced or caused by a previous action or process, and it is used to describe outcomes, results, or offspring in a neutral, formal register. For example, un enfant engendré or des conséquences engendrées par la crise.

In everyday language, engendré can refer to things that are generated or produced by a cause, such as a plan that engendre des effets inattendus. In theology, the term is used in translations of phrases referring to begetting, such as "Fils engendré du Père," corresponding to the English "begotten." In scientific or technical contexts, it may describe entities created by a system or process, for example "un organisme engendré artificiellement" or "des données engendrées par l’algorithme."

Étymologie: engendré derives from Old French engendrer, which in turn comes from Latin ingenerare, related to generare “to beget.” The form engendré follows standard French participle morphology and agrees with the noun it describes (engendrée for feminine singular, engendrés for masculine plural, etc.).