The French, fit, made jump (5)
I believe the answer is:
leapt
'made jump' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'the french fit' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'fit' becomes 'apt' (I've seen this in another clue).
'le'+'apt'='LEAPT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for leapt that I've seen before include "Bounded, sprang" , "Took off" , "rose fast" , "Jumped, sprang" , "Jumped on plate" .)