spécialisé

specialised

adjective speh-syah-lee-ZEH Rare

Usage Note

Spécialisé is the past participle of spécialiser used as an adjective, agreeing in gender and number: spécialisée, spécialisés, spécialisées. It commonly appears in phrases like magasin spécialisé (specialist shop) or formation spécialisée (specialist training). The noun spécialisation refers to the process of specialising in a field.

Examples

"Il travaille dans un laboratoire spécialisé en virologie."

Natural Translation

He works in a laboratory specialised in virology.

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