expliqués

Expliqués is the plural past participle of the French verb expliquer. It functions as both a verbal participle in compound tenses and as an adjective meaning “explained.” The masculine singular form is expliqué; the feminine singular is expliquée; the masculine plural is expliqués; the feminine plural is expliquées. When used with the auxiliary avoir, the participle agrees in gender and number with a preceding direct object; when used adjectivally, it agrees with the noun it describes.

Etymology

Expliquer comes from the Latin explicare, meaning “to unfold, to explain.” The form expli qué s shares that origin and follows standard French agreement patterns for past participles used as adjectives or in compound tenses.

Usage and grammar

As a past participle, expl iqués appears in constructions such as: Les résultats expliqués par le statisticien montrent des tendances claires. Here the participle agrees with the masculine plural noun “résultats.” In feminine plural contexts: Les raisons expliquées par le témoin ont été acceptées. Expliqués also occurs in attributive phrases: des explications expliquées clairement, where it modifies a feminine plural noun. In passive or semi-passive phrases, it can function with être or with the auxiliary avoir, depending on the syntactic arrangement and object position.

See also

expliquer, explication, explicatif.

Note: This article focuses on the lexical and grammatical aspects of the form “expliqués” in standard French usage.