trouvé
French, adjective
trouvé is spelled T-R-O-U-V-É (6 letters) and appears 324 times per million words in written French, the 250th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trouvé is a French adjective meaning “found, being to object of a find(ing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of trouver. Without its accent, trouve is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Auparavant abandonné”.
What does trouvé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
found, being to object of a find(ing)
- 2
invented, thought-up, imagined
- 3
found and somehow taken in, as said of a foundling
verb
- 1
past participle of trouver
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Auparavant abandonné. 2. Heureux, bon.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of trouvé
- trouvée feminine
- trouvés masculine plural
- trouvées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trouvé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trouvé in French?
trouvé appears 324 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).