montré

Montré is the past participle of the French verb montrer, meaning to show or to demonstrate. It is used to form compound tenses such as the passé composé, plus-que-parfait, and passé antérieur with the auxiliary avoir: j'ai montré, tu as montré, il a montré, nous avons montré, vous avez montré, ils ont montré.

In compound tenses with avoir, the participle generally does not agree with the subject, but it can agree with a preceding direct object in gender and number. For example: les photos que j'ai montrées (fem. plural) shows agreement with the feminine plural direct object. If the preceding direct object is masculine or singular, the form is montr�; if there is no preceding direct object, it stays montr�

, as in j'ai montré.

Montré can also function as an adjective, agreeing with the noun it modifies: un exemple montré, des résultats montrés, une démonstration montrée. In this adjective use, it retains the sense “shown” or “demonstrated.”

Pronunciation is typically [mɔ̃.tʁe], with the nasal vowel in the first syllable and a pronounced final e in the second. Etymologically, montrer derives from Old French montrer, from Latin monstrāre meaning to show.

Common expressions include montrer du doigt (to point at) and phrases like des preuves montrées (evidentially shown). The form montrée, montrés, and montrées appear when the participle is used with a preceding object or as an adjective.