influencer

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English

Etymology

influence +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

influencer (plural influencers)

  1. A person who or a thing which influences.
  2. (social media, marketing) A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, and/or political preferences of their online audience by creating and/or engaging social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign.
    Antonym: deinfluencer
    Coordinate term: creator
    • 2018 November 11, Sapna Maheshwari, “Are You Ready for the Nanoinfluencers?”, in New York Times:
      By now you have probably heard of influencers, that group of internet-famous people who have more than a million social media followers and can make big money by plugging various brands. And you may have even heard of microinfluencers, who do the same thing for a still sizable but somewhat smaller social media audience — from the tens to low hundreds of thousands.
    • 2020 August 4, Sean Stein Smith, “Blockchain, TikTok, And The Influencer Economy - What Are The Connections?”, in Forbes:
      The idea of an influencer economy or streaming economy might have caused eyes to roll just a couple years ago, but the reality is that this segment of the economy is growing fast. More importantly, it is the part of the economy (and type of engagement) that is most appealing to the increasingly important millennial and Gen-Z cohorts.
    • 2020 December 11, Taylor Lorenz, “The New Influencer Capital of America”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      Over the past year, mansions full of young influencers have proliferated across the United States (in Los Angeles, Dallas and Las Vegas) and around the world (France, the U.K., Mexico, Spain and Russia).

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Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English influencer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn.fluˌɛn.sər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧flu‧en‧cer

Noun

influencer m (plural influencers, diminutive influencertje n)

  1. (social media, marketing) influencer

French

Etymology

From influence +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

influencer

  1. (transitive) influence (to exert an influence upon)
    Near-synonym: influer sur

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

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Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English influencer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.fluˈɛn.sɛr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnsɛr
  • Syllabification: in‧flu‧en‧cer

Noun

influencer m pers (female equivalent influencerka)

  1. influencer (influential person on social media)

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Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English influencer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /inˈflwenθeɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /inˈflwenseɾ/
  • Rhymes: -enθeɾ
  • Rhymes: -enseɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧fluen‧cer

Noun

influencer m or f by sense (plural influencers)

  1. influencer
    Synonym: influenciador
    • 2021 January 26, María Sánchez Sánchez, “¿Buscas unas botas de agua baratas y estilosas? Este es el modelo que llevan las ‘influencers’”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:
      La ropa y calzado de equitación –que ha sido una inspiración constante en las colecciones de las grandes firmas de moda– se ha dejado notar también esta temporada en las propuestas que han hecho distintas influencers en sus redes sociales.
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Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.