abonner
French
Etymology
From a- + borne (“boundary”), from Old French bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina, a word of unknown ultimate origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom, base”), see also Proto-Celtic *bundos.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bɔ.ne/
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Verb
abonner
- (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
- (reflexive) to subscribe to a service or publication
- Je me suis abonné à plusieurs magazines ― I subscribed to several magazines.
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of s'abonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'abonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s'abonnant /sa.bɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + 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 | m'abonne /ma.bɔn/ | t'abonnes /ta.bɔn/ | s'abonne /sa.bɔn/ | nous abonnons /nu.z‿a.bɔ.nɔ̃/ | vous abonnez /vu.z‿a.bɔ.ne/ | s'abonnent /sa.bɔn/ |
| imperfect | m'abonnais /ma.bɔ.nɛ/ | t'abonnais /ta.bɔ.nɛ/ | s'abonnait /sa.bɔ.nɛ/ | nous abonnions /nu.z‿a.bɔ.njɔ̃/ | vous abonniez /vu.z‿a.bɔ.nje/ | s'abonnaient /sa.bɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m'abonnai /ma.bɔ.ne/ | t'abonnas /ta.bɔ.na/ | s'abonna /sa.bɔ.na/ | nous abonnâmes /nu.z‿a.bɔ.nam/ | vous abonnâtes /vu.z‿a.bɔ.nat/ | s'abonnèrent /sa.bɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | m'abonnerai /ma.bɔn.ʁe/ | t'abonneras /ta.bɔn.ʁa/ | s'abonnera /sa.bɔn.ʁa/ | nous abonnerons /nu.z‿a.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | vous abonnerez /vu.z‿a.bɔn.ʁe/ | s'abonneront /sa.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m'abonnerais /ma.bɔn.ʁɛ/ | t'abonnerais /ta.bɔn.ʁɛ/ | s'abonnerait /sa.bɔn.ʁɛ/ | nous abonnerions /nu.z‿a.bɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous abonneriez /vu.z‿a.bɔ.nə.ʁje/ | s'abonneraient /sa.bɔn.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | m'abonne /ma.bɔn/ | t'abonnes /ta.bɔn/ | s'abonne /sa.bɔn/ | nous abonnions /nu.z‿a.bɔ.njɔ̃/ | vous abonniez /vu.z‿a.bɔ.nje/ | s'abonnent /sa.bɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | m'abonnasse /ma.bɔ.nas/ | t'abonnasses /ta.bɔ.nas/ | s'abonnât /sa.bɔ.na/ | nous abonnassions /nu.z‿a.bɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | vous abonnassiez /vu.z‿a.bɔ.na.sje/ | s'abonnassent /sa.bɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | abonne-toi /a.bɔn.twa/ | — | abonnons-nous /a.bɔ.nɔ̃.nu/ | abonnez-vous /a.bɔ.ne.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- abonné
- abonnement
Descendants
- → German: abonnieren
- → Norwegian Bokmål: abonnere
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: abonnere
- → Swedish: abonnera
- → Esperanto: aboni
- → Spanish: abonarse (in part)
- → Italian: abbonare
- → Dutch: abonneren
- → Albanian: abonoj
References
- Mann, S. E. (1963). Armenian and Indo-European: Historical Phonology. United Kingdom: Luzac, p. 73
Further reading
- “abonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- baronne
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abʊˈneːr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːr
- Hyphenation: ab‧on‧ner
Verb
abonner
- imperative of abonnere
Anagrams
- baronen, robanen