suivie

Suivie is the feminine form of the past participle of the French verb suivre, meaning to follow, track, or monitor. As an adjective, suivie agrees with feminine nouns (for example, une démarche suivie, meaning a monitored or followed process). The term can also appear as a rarely used feminine noun referring to the act of following up, though the more common noun for that idea is le suivi.

In standard French, the masculine form suivi and the noun le suivi are far more common in everyday use. Suivi is typically used to describe something that has been followed or is being tracked, while le suivi denotes the process of monitoring or follow-up. The feminine suivie is mostly encountered in specific phrases or historical/bureaucratic contexts, and it may sound formal or unusual outside certain administrative registers.

Common contexts where the concept of suivi appears include health care, project or program management, logistics, and administrative processes. Examples include the suivi des patients (the monitoring of patients) and the suivi d’un dossier (the follow-up of a file). In many cases, native speakers prefer le suivi to avoid ambiguity, but the feminine form is grammatically correct when it agrees with a feminine noun.

Etymologically, suivie comes from suivre, the root of follow or track in French. Related terms include suivre (to follow), suivi (the monitoring or follow-up), and phrases like suivi médical or suivi administratif, which refer to ongoing care or administrative monitoring.