rangé

Rangé is the past participle of the French verb ranger, meaning to arrange, tidy, or store. In ordinary use it also functions as an adjective meaning “tidy” or “well organized.” Thus, une chambre rangée means a tidy room, and des outils rangés are tools put away in an appropriate place.

As a past participle, rangé is used in compound tenses with the auxiliary avoir; the participle typically agrees with the direct object if it precedes the verb (e.g., j’ai rangé mes livres). In pronominal constructions and with the auxiliary être, the agreement follows the usual rules (elle s’est rangée près de la porte).

Rangé has gender and number forms: rangé (masculine singular), rangée (feminine singular), rangés (masculine plural), rangées (feminine plural). Common expressions include bien rangé (neatly arranged), mis en rang (put in a row), and rangées de chaises (rows of chairs). The verb mettre en rang is used to describe the act of placing items in organized rows.

Beyond everyday usage, rangé appears in contexts such as housekeeping, inventory, and cataloging, where items are described as organized or stored. The term is widely understood in French and contrasts with antonyms like désordonné or en désordre for things that are not in order.