This is the 8390th most frequent French word.
abandonnées
"Abandonnées" means "abandoned" in English.
The word 'abandonnées' is used as an adjective describing the houses and agrees in gender and number with the plural feminine noun 'maisons'.
Les maisons abandonnées étaient couvertes de végétation.
The abandoned houses were covered in vegetation.
Here, 'abandonnée' is the past participle used as an adjective to describe the state of feeling of the feminine subject 'elle', thus agreeing in gender and number.
Elle s'est sentie abandonnée par ses amis.
She felt abandoned by her friends.
In this sentence, 'abandonnées' acts as an adjective describing the plural feminine noun 'voitures', agreeing in gender and number with it.