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 19th century.][1]

References
  1. “abonné” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.bɔ.ne/
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Adjective

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

  1. Regularly affected by; plagued or dogged with.

Noun

abonné m (plural abonnés, feminine abonnée)

  1. subscriber
  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

Verb

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

  1. past participle of abonner

Further reading
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