lobjet

lobjet is the French term for "the object." It functions as a general label for a thing, item, or entity under discussion or perception. In written French, the definite article le or la is elided before a vowel, yielding lobjet in some contexts and l’objet when written with the apostrophe and the proper spelling; the standard form is l'objet, with an apostrophe separating l’ and objet.

In philosophy and ontology, an object refers to something that can be experienced, referred to, or thought about. Debates address objecthood, the status of objects independent of perception, and how objects relate to subjects and consciousness. The term often appears in discussions of perception, representation, and causation, as well as in analyses of how language or concepts map to the world.

In linguistics and grammar, object denotes the part of a sentence that receives the action or is otherwise affected by the verb. In French grammar, objets can be direct or indirect, and the term object is used in discussions of sentence structure, case marking, and pronoun replacement. The equivalent in French is often specified as objet direct or objet indirect in descriptive grammar.

In art and culture, lobjet appears in phrases such as objet d’art (a work of art) or objet trouvé (found object), terms associated with modern and contemporary practices. Duchamp popularized the found-object approach, treating everyday items as art objects.

In computing, object refers to an instance of a class in object-oriented programming. An object encapsulates data (attributes) and behavior (methods) and interacts with other objects through messages. The French translation uses objet in similar technical contexts.