enterré

Enterré is the past participle of the French verb enterrer, meaning to bury. As an adjective, enterré means “buried” or “hidden” and agrees with gender and number (for example: un corps enterré, une tombe enterrée, des trésors enterrés).

In standard usage, enterrer is transitive and takes avoir as its auxiliary in compound tenses. For instance, J'ai enterré le corps. When the direct object precedes the verb, the past participle may agree in gender and number: Le corps que j'ai enterré; La tombe que j'ai enterrée.

The term appears in several common idioms. Enterrer la hache de guerre means to bury the hatchet, i.e., to reconcile. Enterrer un projet or enterrer des informations can mean to abandon or suppress something. Enterrer le passé is a figurative expression meaning to bury or move on from the past.

Originating from en- plus terre (earth), the word conveys the literal action of placing something in the earth. Over time, its figurative usages expanded to describe concealment, suppression, or the completion of a final act.