placé (placée)

A. pp

• → placer

B. pp adj

• 1 (located) être placé [object, tap, window] = to be; [chair, table, statue] = to be placed; [person] (gen) = to be; (at the theatre, cinema) = to be sitting être bien/mal placé [building, shop] = to be well/badly situated; [person] (at table, at a function) = to have a good/bad place

• 2 (in a hierarchy) être bien placé sur une liste = to have a good position on the list il est bien placé pour le poste = he's a likely candidate for the job avoir des amis haut placés = to have friends in high places

• 3être bien/mal placé pour faire (to succeed) = to be well/badly placed to do; (to know, judge) = to be in a (good)/in no position to do