abonner

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ borne (“boundary”), from Old French bodne, from Early Medieval Latin bodina, a word of unknown ultimate origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom, base”), see also Proto-Celtic *bundos.

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, publication, or social media account.

   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).

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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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

• → German: abonnieren
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: abonnere
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: abonnere
  • → Swedish: abonnera
• → Esperanto: aboni
• → Spanish: abonarse (in part)
• → Italian: abbonare
• → Dutch: abonneren
• → Albanian: abonoj

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/

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• Rhymes: -eːr
• Hyphenation: ab‧on‧ner

Verb

abonner

1. imperative of abonnere

Anagrams

• baronen, robanen