éliminées

Éliminées is the feminine plural form of the past participle eliminé, used as an adjective or passive participle meaning that those referred to have been removed or excluded from a competition, process, or selection. It typically designates female contestants or participants who no longer continue in an event. The masculine plural is éliminés and the feminine singular is éliminée.

Etymology and usage: éliminer comes from the Latin eliminare, from ex- “out” + limen “threshold,” historically conveying the sense of driving something out of the threshold or out of a group. In French, éliminées can appear in contexts such as sports tournaments, reality TV, and elections, where individuals or groups are knocked out of contention. It can also describe data or items that have been excluded from analysis, as in statistiques where certaines valeurs sont éliminées.

Contexts: In sports with knockout formats, announcers may refer to équipes ou joueuses éliminées, indicating they no longer advance. In reality shows, les candidates éliminées depart the competition after a vote or challenge. In political primaries, les candidates éliminées are those who did not secure the nomination. In data handling, on peut parler d’échantillons éliminés or valeurs éliminées when certain entries are removed from a dataset.

See also: élimination, éliminer. The term is a standard part of French vocabulary for describing exclusion from a competitive or evaluative process.