follower
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: Follower
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English folwer, folwere, folȝere, from Old English folgere (“follower; attendant; disciple”), equivalent to follow + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foulger, West Frisian folger, Dutch volger, German Folger, Swedish följare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
follower (plural followers)
- (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
- Something that comes after another thing.
- One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
- One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
- An imitator, who follows another's example.
- A pursuer.
- (social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.
- Coordinate term: followee
- I have over 50 followers on Twitter, but all my tweets only get 10 likes.
- A machine part receiving motion from another.
- A man courting a maidservant; suitor.
- Young cattle.
- A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
- (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
- (colloquial, dated) A debt collector.
- (locksmithing) A tool used to remove the core from a pin-tumbler lock without causing the driver pins and springs to fall out.
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
one who follows
|
|
thing that comes after another thing
|
one who is a part of a master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer
|
one who adheres to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another
|
|
pursuer
|
internet: social media consumer
man courting a maidservant
young cattle
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
follower m (plural followers)
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
follower
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of follower (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | follower | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | followant /fɔ.lɔ.wɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | followé /fɔ.lɔ.we/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | followe /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followes /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followe /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followons /fɔ.lɔ.wɔ̃/ |
followez /fɔ.lɔ.we/ |
followent /fɔ.lɔw/ |
imperfect | followais /fɔ.lɔ.wɛ/ |
followais /fɔ.lɔ.wɛ/ |
followait /fɔ.lɔ.wɛ/ |
followions /fɔ.lɔ.wjɔ̃/ |
followiez /fɔ.lɔ.wje/ |
followaient /fɔ.lɔ.wɛ/ | |
past historic2 | followai /fɔ.lɔ.we/ |
followas /fɔ.lɔ.wa/ |
followa /fɔ.lɔ.wa/ |
followâmes /fɔ.lɔ.wam/ |
followâtes /fɔ.lɔ.wat/ |
followèrent /fɔ.lɔ.wɛʁ/ | |
future | followerai /fɔ.lɔw.ʁe/ |
followeras /fɔ.lɔw.ʁa/ |
followera /fɔ.lɔw.ʁa/ |
followerons /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɔ̃/ |
followerez /fɔ.lɔw.ʁe/ |
followeront /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | followerais /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɛ/ |
followerais /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɛ/ |
followerait /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɛ/ |
followerions /fɔ.lɔ.wə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
followeriez /fɔ.lɔ.wə.ʁje/ |
followeraient /fɔ.lɔw.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 | followe /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followes /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followe /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followions /fɔ.lɔ.wjɔ̃/ |
followiez /fɔ.lɔ.wje/ |
followent /fɔ.lɔw/ |
imperfect2 | followasse /fɔ.lɔ.was/ |
followasses /fɔ.lɔ.was/ |
followât /fɔ.lɔ.wa/ |
followassions /fɔ.lɔ.wa.sjɔ̃/ |
followassiez /fɔ.lɔ.wa.sje/ |
followassent /fɔ.lɔ.was/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | followe /fɔ.lɔw/ |
— | followons /fɔ.lɔ.wɔ̃/ |
followez /fɔ.lɔ.we/ |
— | |
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, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English words suffixed with -er (agent noun)
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Social media
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- en:Australian rules football
- English colloquialisms
- English dated terms
- en:People
- en:Twitter
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Internet
- French verbs
- French verbs with conjugation -er
- French first group verbs
- fr:Social media