No. 8,400 in French

absentés

"Absentés" means "absented" or "people who have been absent."

In a sentence

Nous nous sommes absentés de la réunion pour répondre à un appel important.
We excused ourselves from the meeting to take an important call.
In this sentence, 'absentés' is the past participle in the reflexive verb 's'absenter' meaning 'to excuse oneself or leave temporarily from somewhere'.
Pourquoi vous êtes-vous absentés de l'école aujourd'hui?
Why were you absent from school today?
Here, 'absentés' expresses being physically absent or away, used again in the reflexive form 's'absenter' which translates to 'to be absent'.
Ils se sont absentés seulement cinq minutes pour regarder dehors.
They stepped away for only five minutes to look outside.
In this instance, 'absentés' implies a temporary departure, underlining the brevity of being away.

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