libérées

Libérées is the feminine plural form of the past participle of the French verb libérer, meaning freed or liberated. It can function as an adjective agreeing with a feminine plural noun, or as part of compound tenses with the auxiliary être.

Etymology and related forms: libérer comes from the Latin liberare, from liber meaning free. The noun form is libération, and the masculine past participle is libéré, with the feminine singular libérée and feminine plural libérées.

Usage and grammar: As an adjective, libérée(s) modifies a feminine plural noun, for example des prisonnières libérées (female prisoners who have been released) or des femmes libérées. In compound tenses with être, the participle agrees with the subject: Elles sont libérées. With auxiliary avoir, agreement depends on whether a preceding direct object exists: les prisonnières qu’elles ont libérées (the feminine plural DO precedes the participle, so it agrees). The masculine forms are libéré and libérés.

Meaning and contexts: Libérées denotes release from captivity, emancipation, or liberation from constraint. It is commonly used in historical, political, and social contexts to describe people who have been freed or movements that have achieved release or emancipation. The term can also appear in journalism, literature, and discourse about human rights or wartime evacuations.

See also: libération, libérateur, libérer. The phrase often appears in discussions of liberation events, women's emancipation, or the release of detainees, and can be used metaphorically to describe freedom from non-physical constraints.