Usage Note
Trouvé is the past participle of trouver (to find), used as an adjective meaning 'found' or 'discovered'. The phrase enfant trouvé ('foundling') refers to an abandoned child taken in by others — a historically important legal and social category in France. Bien trouvé ('well found') is a compliment meaning a witty or apt observation. The feminine form is trouvée.
Examples
"C'est un objet trouvé dans la rue."
Natural Translation
It is an object found in the street.
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