formées

Formées is the feminine plural form of the past participle of the French verb former. In French grammar it functions as an adjective and as part of compound tenses, describing something that has been formed, shaped, or trained. The masculine singular is formé, the masculine plural formés, and the feminine singular formée; formées corresponds to feminine plural nouns.

In everyday usage, formées most often describes people or things that have completed training or preparation. For example, des personnes formées means trained people, and des équipes formées can refer to teams that have been formed or trained. It can also describe well-developed or well-constructed concepts, as in idées formées (well-formed ideas). The word appears in written and formal French, including education, industry, and organizational contexts.

Grammatical notes are important for correct agreement. Because formées is feminine plural, it agrees with feminine plural nouns (les personnes formées) and with feminine plural subject clauses when used with être in compound tenses (elles se sont formées). When used with a preceding direct object, the participle may agree with that object (les idées qu’elles ont formées), though such constructions are less common than the passive voice.

Formées is part of a larger set of related terms: former, formation (the process of forming or training), and formé/formée as the adjectival forms corresponding to gender and number. The term is primarily encountered in French-language texts dealing with training, qualification, or the outcome of formation processes.