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.'