No. 11,487 in French

retournés

"Retournés" means "returned" or "turned over" in English.

In a sentence

Ils sont retournés à leur ancien domicile après des années.
They returned to their former home after years.
Here, 'retournés' serves as the past participle in a compound tense and implies a going back to a previous location.
Les livres ont été retournés à la bibliothèque par les étudiants.
The books were returned to the library by the students.
In this sentence, 'retournés' is used in a passive voice construction, meaning 'to be given back to the original place.'
Nous nous sommes retournés brusquement en entendant un bruit.
We turned around abruptly upon hearing a noise.
Here, 'retournés' is part of a reflexive verb construction, meaning 'to turn oneself around physically or mentally.'

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