répandue
Répandue is the feminine form of the past participle of the French verb répandre. Used as an adjective, répandue describes something that has been spread, distributed, or widely circulated. It can qualify information, rumors, substances, ideas, or influences that have been disseminated beyond their origin. The masculine form is répandu, the feminine répandue; when used in compound tenses, the participle agrees with the preceding direct object when the auxiliary is avoir, or with the subject when the auxiliary is être.
Étymologie: répandre comes from Old French repandre, itself stemming from Latin redundare meaning to overflow or
Usage: répandue is common in journalistic and descriptive prose to indicate broad diffusion. It frequently modifies
Grammaire et variantes: comme participe passé adjectival, répandue s’accorde en genre et en nombre avec le nom