No. 4,321 in French

fendu

Split or cracked.

In a sentence

J'ai fendu le bois pour le feu.
I split the wood for the fire.
The word 'fendu' is used here as the past participle of the verb 'fendre', meaning 'to split'. It describes the action of splitting wood.
Le vase est fendu près du bord.
The vase is cracked near the edge.
Here, 'fendu' is an adjective describing the condition of the vase, indicating that it has a crack near its edge.
Elle portait une robe fendue jusqu'au genou.
She wore a dress slit up to the knee.
In this sentence, 'fendue' is used as an adjective to describe the dress, meaning it has a slit extending to the knee.

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