No. 12,010 in French
tondues
"Tondues" means "shorn" or "closely cut," typically referring to hair or grass.
In a sentence
Les pelouses ont été tondues ce matin.
The lawns were mowed this morning.
In this sentence, 'tondues' is used as a past participle in feminine plural form, agreeing with 'pelouses', to indicate the action of mowing the grass that has been completed.
Les moutons tondues paraissent plus légers.
The shorn sheep appear lighter.
Here, 'tondues' describes the sheep that have undergone shearing, thus acting as a past participle adjective agreeing with 'moutons' in feminine plural form.
Nous avons vu des vaches récemment tondues dans le champ.
We saw cows recently shorn in the field.
In this instance, 'tondues' qualifies the cows, indicating that they have been subject to shearing, functioning as an adjective in feminine plural form.
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