Adjectifs pour décrire des objets abîmés

What does “abîmé” mean in French?

Abîmé(e) is a very common French adjective. It means something is damaged, ruined, or worn out — not in good shape anymore. You can use it for almost any object: clothes, furniture, a car, food, or a building. The reel shows many ways things get damaged. A car gets dented (cabossée). A cup gets chipped (ébréchée). A wall gets cracked (fissuré). Abîmé(e) covers all of these in one word.

The reel title is « Adjectifs pour décrire des objets abîmés » — “Adjectives to describe damaged objects.” Abîmé is the umbrella word; the clip then shows specific types of damage. From the clip: « La voiture est cabossée. » (The car is dented.) « La tasse est ébréchée. » (The cup is chipped.) « Le mur est fissuré. » (The wall is cracked.) « La poubelle est rouillée. » (The bin is rusty.) Each sentence uses a specific adjective, but you could replace all of them with abîmé(e) and still be correct. Abîmé agrees with the noun it describes: un livre abîmé (a damaged book, masculine), une veste abîmée (a damaged jacket, feminine), des chaussures abîmées (worn-out shoes, plural). Two everyday examples: « Ce canapé est vraiment abîmé. » (This sofa is really worn out.) « Les fruits sont abîmés, on ne peut plus les manger. » (The fruit is ruined, we can’t eat it anymore.)