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recommandé

recommended, registered (mail)

adjective ruh-ko-mahn-DEH Rare

Usage Note

Recommandé as an adjective means recommended in the general sense (vivement recommandé — highly recommended), but it also has a specific postal meaning: lettre recommandée is a registered letter requiring a signature upon delivery. At a French post office you would ask to send something en recommandé. The verb is recommander and the noun recommandation.

Examples

"Envoie ce document en recommandé."

Natural Translation

Send this document by registered post.

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