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préparé

French, verb

préparé is a French verb meaning “past participle of préparer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, prépare is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.

What does préparé mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of préparer

verb

as prépare
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 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. Qui a reçu une préparation.

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 préparé

  • préparée feminine
  • préparés masculine plural
  • préparées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to préparé

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is préparé in French?

préparé appears 31 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).