rédigé

Rédigé is the past participle of the French verb rédiger, meaning to draft or compose a text. As an adjective, rédigé describes something that has been written or prepared in writing, such as a document, report, or statement. In use, it signals that the content has been produced through a drafting process rather than merely copied or copied.

Etymology traces rédigé to the Latin redigere, via Old French rediger, with the sense of bringing together or composing in writing. The modern form keeps the core idea of drafting a text or preparing a document.

Grammar and usage notes: when rédigé functions as a past participle, it agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number in most adjectival uses (un texte rédigé, une lettre rédigée, des rapports rédigés). As a participle in compound tenses, its agreement depends on the auxiliary and object placement: with être in passive constructions (Le document est rédigé, Le rapport a été rédigé) the participle generally reflects the subject; with avoir, agreement occurs if a preceding direct object agrees in gender and number (J’ai rédigé le rapport → les rapports que j’ai rédigés).

Context and nuance: rédigé emphasizes the act of drafting and the state of having been prepared in writing, often in formal or professional contexts. It is common in legal, administrative, academic, and journalistic language. It is distinct from rédiger as the verb (to draft) and from rédaction (the act or process of writing) or rédacteur (the writer or editor).