No. 2,468 in French
vaincu
Defeated.
In a sentence
Il est vaincu après une longue bataille.
He is defeated after a long battle.
Here, 'vaincu' is used as a past participle meaning defeated, functioning adjectively to describe someone's state post-defeat.
Les forces ennemies ont été vaincues.
The enemy forces have been defeated.
The word 'vaincues' is the past participle form agreeing in number and gender with the subject 'forces ennemies', used in a passive construction indicating an event occurrence.
Elle sera vaincue lors du prochain tournoi.
She will be defeated in the next tournament.
Here 'vaincue' is used as a future tense passive participle referring to a future event affecting the subject 'Elle'.
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