retournés

This is the 11487th most frequent French word.


retournés

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


Here, 'retournés' serves as the past participle in a compound tense and implies a going back to a previous location.

Ils sont retournés à leur ancien domicile après des années.

They returned to their former home after years.


In this sentence, 'retournés' is used in a passive voice construction, meaning 'to be given back to the original place.'

Les livres ont été retournés à la bibliothèque par les étudiants.

The books were returned to the library by the students.


Here, 'retournés' is part of a reflexive verb construction, meaning 'to turn oneself around physically or mentally.'

Nous nous sommes retournés brusquement en entendant un bruit.

We turned around abruptly upon hearing a noise.