No. 1,936 in French

retrouvées

"Found again" or "recovered."

In a sentence

Les clés que j'avais perdues sont enfin retrouvées.
The keys I had lost are finally found.
Here, 'retrouvées' is used as a past participle in a passive construction meaning 'found'.
Nous nous sommes retrouvées après des années de séparation.
We met again after years of separation.
In this sentence, 'retrouvées' is used as a reflexive past participle meaning 'met again' or 'reunited'.
Les lettres retrouvées dans le coffre révèlent son passé mystérieux.
The letters found in the chest reveal his mysterious past.
'Retrouvées' is used in this case to describe letters that were 'found' or 'discovered'.

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