rencontrée

Rencontrée is the feminine past participle of the French verb rencontrer, meaning to meet or to encounter. It is used in compound tenses and can also function as an adjective describing a feminine noun. The corresponding masculine form is rencontré; the feminine plural is rencontrées and the masculine plural is rencontrés.

Grammatical notes: With the auxiliary avoir, the past participle generally agrees with a preceding direct object. For example: Elle a rencontré Marie. Here there is no agreement, because Marie follows the verb. If the direct object precedes the participle, agreement occurs: Marie, elle l'a rencontrée. In passive constructions or with être, the participle agrees with the subject: Elle est rencontrée par plusieurs chercheurs.

Usage: As a participial form, rencontrée marks that an encounter occurred in the past. As an adjective, it can describe a feminine noun meaning "encountered" or "met." Common constructions include une personne rencontrée lors d'un voyage (a person met during a trip) or des rencontres fortuites (fortuitous meetings), the latter typically using the noun rencontrer-related sense rather than the participle form.

Relation to related terms: The verb is rencontrer; the noun is rencontre (the act or instance of meeting). The feminine past participle aligns with gender and number of the noun it modifies or with the object position in compound tenses, reflecting standard French agreement rules.