abonné

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See also: abonne

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

abonné (plural abonnés)

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

References[edit]

  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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /a.bɔ.ne/
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Adjective[edit]

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

  1. regularly affected by; plagued or dogged with

Noun[edit]

abonné m (plural abonnés, feminine abonnée)

  1. subscriber, follower (e.g. on a social network)
  2. (masculine only) a household for the purpose of utility delivery
    Des centaines d’abonnés sont encore sans électricité. ― Hundreds of households remain without electricity.
  3. season ticket holder

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

Participle[edit]

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

  1. past participle of abonner

Further reading[edit]

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