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No. 10,576 in French

manquantes

"Missing."

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  • Les pages manquantes du livre rendent l'histoire difficile à suivre.

    The missing pages of the book make the story hard to follow.

    In this sentence, 'manquantes' describes pages that are missing or absent, behaving as an attribute of 'pages' (feminine plural noun). It agrees in gender and number with the noun.

  • Nous devons trouver les informations manquantes pour compléter le rapport.

    We need to find the missing information to complete the report.

    Here, 'manquantes' qualifies 'informations', which is a feminine plural noun, indicating that certain information data is absent and needs locating.

  • La pièce manquante du puzzle a été retrouvée sous la table.

    The missing piece of the puzzle was found under the table.

    In this usage, 'manquante' describes the 'pièce' (feminine singular noun) and signifies that this particular piece was absent but has now been found, agreeing in gender and number.

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