No. 768 in French
fermé
Closed.
In a sentence
La porte est fermée.
The door is closed.
The word 'fermée' is the feminine singular past participle used as an adjective to describe the state of the door being closed.
Le magasin est fermé aujourd'hui.
The shop is closed today.
Here, 'fermé' is the masculine singular past participle used adjectivally to describe that the shop is not operating today.
Il a fermé le livre après avoir fini.
He closed the book after finishing.
In this sentence, 'fermé' is the masculine singular past participle used as part of the passé composé tense to indicate the action of closing the book.
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