abonné

See also: abonne

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French abonné, from abonner (“subscribe”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

abonné (plural abonnés)

  1. A subscriber; a season ticket holder. [First attested in the late 19th century.][1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abonné”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.bɔ.ne/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

abonné (feminine abonnée, masculine plural abonnés, feminine plural abonnées)

  1. regularly affected by; plagued or dogged with

Noun

abonné m (plural abonnés, feminine abonnée)

  1. subscriber
  2. (social media) follower
    Synonym: follower
    • 2025 June, Benoît Bréville, “Tous influenceurs !”, in Le Monde diplomatique, →ISSN, page 21:
      Pour parvenir à ce résultat, la journaliste ne lésine pas sur l'incarnation. Ses abonnés n'ignorent donc rien de son goût de la randonnée, de ses préférences cinématographiques, de ses brunchs dominicaux entre amies.
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  3. (masculine only) a household for the purpose of utility delivery
    Des centaines d'abonnés sont encore sans électricité. ― Hundreds of households remain without electricity.
  4. season ticket holder

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: abonnee
    • → Indonesian: aboné
  • → English: abonné
  • → Greek: αμπονέ (amponé) (Egyptiot Dialect)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: آبونه (abone)

Participle

abonné (feminine abonnée, masculine plural abonnés, feminine plural abonnées)

  1. past participle of abonner

Further reading

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