abonner

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ bon +‎ -er. From this term is also derived abonnement (“subscription”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɔ.ne/

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Verb

abonner

1. (ditransitive) To subscribe somebody to a service; to take a subscription for.

   J'ai abonné ma sœur au câble — I bought cable for my sister

2. (reflexive) To subscribe to a service or publication.

   Je me suis abonné à plusieurs magazines — I subscribed to several magazines.

3. (rare) To become accustomed to or a regular of.

Conjugation

Conjugation of abonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	abonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abonnant /a.bɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		abonné /a.bɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	abonne /a.bɔn/	abonnes /a.bɔn/	abonne /a.bɔn/	abonnons /a.bɔ.nɔ̃/	abonnez /a.bɔ.ne/	abonnent /a.bɔn/
	imperfect	abonnais /a.bɔ.nɛ/	abonnais /a.bɔ.nɛ/	abonnait /a.bɔ.nɛ/	abonnions /a.bɔ.njɔ̃/	abonniez /a.bɔ.nje/	abonnaient /a.bɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	abonnai /a.bɔ.ne/	abonnas /a.bɔ.na/	abonna /a.bɔ.na/	abonnâmes /a.bɔ.nam/	abonnâtes /a.bɔ.nat/	abonnèrent /a.bɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	abonnerai /a.bɔn.ʁe/	abonneras /a.bɔn.ʁa/	abonnera /a.bɔn.ʁa/	abonnerons /a.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/	abonnerez /a.bɔn.ʁe/	abonneront /a.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	abonnerais /a.bɔn.ʁɛ/	abonnerais /a.bɔn.ʁɛ/	abonnerait /a.bɔn.ʁɛ/	abonnerions /a.bɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	abonneriez /a.bɔ.nə.ʁje/	abonneraient /a.bɔn.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	abonne /a.bɔn/	abonnes /a.bɔn/	abonne /a.bɔn/	abonnions /a.bɔ.njɔ̃/	abonniez /a.bɔ.nje/	abonnent /a.bɔn/
	imperfect2	abonnasse /a.bɔ.nas/	abonnasses /a.bɔ.nas/	abonnât /a.bɔ.na/	abonnassions /a.bɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	abonnassiez /a.bɔ.na.sje/	abonnassent /a.bɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	abonne /a.bɔn/	—	abonnons /a.bɔ.nɔ̃/	abonnez /a.bɔ.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• abonné
• abonnement

Descendants

• → Italian: abbonare
• → German: abonnieren
• → Dutch: abonneren
• → Albanian: abonoj

Further reading

• “abonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• baronne

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑbɔˈneːr/

Verb

abonner

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of abonnere