placée

Placée is the feminine singular past participle of the French verb placer. It also functions as an adjective meaning "placed" or "located" and appears in both simple and compound tenses. When used with the auxiliary être, it agrees with the subject in the passive or adjectival sense: La lampe est placée sur le socle. When used with the auxiliary avoir, it agrees with a preceding direct object in compound tenses: La photo que j'ai placée sur le mur (feminine singular), Les photos que j'ai placées sur le mur (feminine plural).

Forms and agreement: placée (fem. sing.), placé (masc. sing.), placées (fem. plur.), placés (masc. plur.). The participle agrees with the gender and number of the noun it modifies or with the object preceding the verb in the case of a preceding direct object in avoir-forms.

Usage: as an adjective, placée describes something positioned or installed in a certain way, such as une position bien placée or un endroit bien placé. It is not used as a noun. In everyday French, the term appears in contexts of arrangement, layout, or logistics, where the notion of being set or located is central.

Notes: placée is strictly a participle/adjective form. Its meaning derives from the verb placer, which denotes placing, setting, or arranging. The corresponding masculine form is placé, and the feminine plural and masculine plural forms are placées and placés, respectively. See also placer, placement, and related terms in discussions of positioning or arrangement.