abonné

abonné

See also: abonne

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æˈbɔ.ne/

Noun

abonné (plural abonnés)

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

References

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.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɔ.ne/

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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, 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

• aux abonnés absents

Descendants

• → Dutch: abonnee
  • → Indonesian: aboné
• → English: abonné
• → Ottoman Turkish: آبونه‎ (abone)
  • Turkish: abone

Participle

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

1. past participle of abonner

Further reading

• “abonné”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “abonné” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
• “abonné” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.