travaillé

Travaillé is the past participle of the French verb travailler, meaning to work. It is used to form compound tenses with auxiliary avoir (for example, j'ai travaillé, tu as travaillé) and can also appear in passive constructions with être (for example, le projet a été travaillé).

As an adjective, travailler donne the meaning “worked on” or “well-made.” In this use it agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies: un travail bien travaillé (masculine singular), une production bien travaillée (feminine singular), des travaux bien travaillés (masculine plural), des œuvres bien travaillées (feminine plural).

Agreement rules for the participle with avoir follow the standard French pattern: if a direct object precedes the participle, travaillé will agree in gender and number (for example, les tâches que j'ai travaillées). If the direct object follows or there is no preceding DO, there is no agreement (par exemple, j'ai travaillé hier).

Spelling and forms: the masculine singular is travaillé; the feminine singular is travaillée; the masculine plural is travaillés; the feminine plural is travaillées. The verb’s present participle is travaillant, while the imperfect, future, and other forms of the verb travaux appear in their standard conjugations.

Etymology: travaillé comes from Old French travailler, from travail, meaning labor or toil, which itself traces to Latin tripaliare via the noun tripalium, historically linked to labor or punishment. The sense of labor and effort remains central in modern French usage.

In summary, travaillé is a versatile past participle used in tense construction and as an adjective to describe something that has been worked on or well crafted.