montrée

Montrée is the feminine past participle of the French verb montrer, meaning to show or to display. In French, montrée functions primarily as an adjective or as part of compound tenses. When used with être, it agrees in gender and number with the subject (for example, la démonstration est montrée, the demonstration is shown). When used with avoir, the past participle generally agrees with a preceding direct object (for example, la photo que j'ai montrée, the photo that I showed). The masculine singular form is montré, the feminine plural is montrées, and the masculine plural is montrés.

Etymology and forms: Montrée derives from montrer, which itself comes from the Latin monstrāre “to show, to demonstrate.” The feminine ending -ée marks gender agreement in feminine contexts, as in la pièce montrée or une démonstration montrée.

Usage and context: Montrée appears mainly in written French as a descriptive or evaluative term indicating that something has been displayed or demonstrated. It is seldom used as a stand-alone noun; rather, it ascribes a property to another noun (a displayed item, a shown document, a demonstrated point). In modern usage, Montrée reliably conveys that an item has been presented or revealed in a given context.

Proper nouns: In addition to its ordinary grammatical role, Montrée may occur as a capitalized toponym or surname in some French-speaking regions, though such uses are case-specific and depend on individual naming conventions.

See also: montrer, montré.