abonnement

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French abonnement, from French abonner (subscribe).

Pronunciation

Noun

abonnement (plural abonnements)

  1. A subscription or season ticket in a French-speaking country or another country where abonnement is the local term.
    • 1931, Mitchell Benedict Carroll, Taxation of Business in France, page 47:
      Securities in respect of which no abonnement has been contracted will be described as "not under abonnement," and those subject to such an agreement will be indicated as "under abonnement."

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From French abonnement (subscription).

Pronunciation

Noun

abonnement n (singular definite abonnementet, plural indefinite abonnementer)

  1. subscription (the purchase of a series of things)

Inflection

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French abonnement.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑ.bɔ.nəˈmɛnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: abon‧ne‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

abonnement n (plural abonnementen, diminutive abonnementje n)

  1. subscription
  2. season ticket, especially for public transport (train, bus, etc...)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: abonemen

French

Etymology

From abonner +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

Noun

abonnement m (plural abonnements)

  1. subscription

Descendants

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Etymology

From French abonnement (subscription).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abʊnəˈmaŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Hyphenation: ab‧on‧ne‧ment

Noun

abonnement n (definite singular abonnementet, indefinite plural abonnement or abonnementer, definite plural abonnementa or abonnementene)

  1. a subscription (access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment)
    tegne abonnement på en avissubscribe to a newspaper
    si opp abonnementet på avisenunsubscribe from the newspaper
    ha abonnement på forestillinger i operaenhave a subscription to performances in the opera
    abonnementet løper ut ved nyttårthe subscription expires at new year
    • 1940, Henrik Ibsen, Samlede verker XVI, page 239:
      mit abonnement paa Morgenbladet er ude med maj maaned
      my subscription to Morgenbladet is out with the month of May
    • 1992, Torgrim Eggen, Gjeld, page 16:
      abonnementet på Aftenposten gikk ut for to uker siden
      the subscription to Aftenposten expired two weeks ago
    • 1997, Arild Linneberg, Far og barn i moderlandet, page X:
      moren hadde plutselig tegnet abonnement på Donald
      the mother had suddenly subscribed to Donald
    • 1998, May B. Lund, … ikke stykkevis og delt:
      [hun] var fristet til å si opp abonnementet i protest
      was tempted to cancel the subscription in protest
    • 2007, Jorun Thørring, Tarantellen:
      hun hadde ikke mobil lenger, telefonselskapet hadde stengt abonnementet
      she no longer had a mobile phone, the telephone company had closed the subscription
  2. (rare) number of subscribers to a magazine, a newspaper or the like
    • 1907, Alexander L. Kielland, Breve II, page 21:
      vort abonnement stiger; vi trykker allerede 1300 exemplarer
      our subscription increases; we are already printing 1300 copies

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French abonnement.

Noun

abonnement n (definite singular abonnementet, indefinite plural abonnement, definite plural abonnementa)

  1. a subscription

Derived terms

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