transportés

Transportés is the masculine plural past participle of the French verb transporter. It can function as part of a compound tense, as an adjective, or, in some historical contexts, as a noun referring to people or goods that have been moved.

In grammar, transportés often appears in the passive voice with the auxiliary être: Ils ont été transportés. In this construction the participle agrees with the subject, yielding transportés for a masculine plural subject. When used as an adjective, it describes something that has been carried or moved: des véhicules transportés, des marchandises transportées. With the auxiliary avoir, the participle generally does not agree unless the direct object precedes the participle: Les marchandises qu’ils ont transportées (feminine plural marchandises preceding the participle).

As a noun, transporté can be used in some contexts to mean a person who has been transported or relocated, though this usage is more literary or historical than common in contemporary prose. In historical writing, les transportés can refer to groups moved from one place to another, such as deportees or relocated workers, depending on context.

Etymology traces transportés to the verb transporter, from Latin trans- (across) and portare (to carry). The form highlights gender and number agreement rules for past participles in French, illustrating how a single participle can serve multiple grammatical roles: verb, adjective, and occasionally noun.

See also: transporter, past participle agreement, passive voice, deportation, transport.