No. 3,925 in French
attachés
Persons assigned to specific roles or duties, often in diplomatic or professional contexts.
In a sentence
Les documents sont attachés avec un trombone.
The documents are attached with a paperclip.
Here, 'attachés' is used as an adjective or past participle to describe the state of the documents being fixed together using an item.
Les employés sont très attachés à leur entreprise.
The employees are very attached to their company.
In this sentence, 'attachés' is employed metaphorically to express the emotional connection or strong affinity that the employees feel toward their company.
Nous avons besoin de plusieurs attachés pour gérer cette conférence.
We need several attachés to manage this conference.
Here, 'attachés' is used as a noun to refer to personnel or staff assigned to a specific role or responsibility, in this case for managing aspects of a conference.
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