abonnement

See also: Abonnement

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æˈbɔn.mɑ̃/

Noun

abonnement (plural abonnements)

1. A subscription or season ticket in a French-speaking country or another country where abonnement is the local term. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]
   • 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

season ticket

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 預約券／预约券 (yùyuēquàn), 預約／预约 (zh) (yùyuē)

• Finnish: kausilippu (fi)
• French: abonnement (fr) m
• German: Abonnement (de) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abonnement (no) n

• Russian: абонеме́нт (ru) m (abonemént)

Danish

Etymology

From French abonnement (“subscription”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abonəmanɡ/, [ɑb̥onəˈmɑŋ], [ab̥onəˈmɑŋ] or IPA^(key): /abɔnəmanɡ/, [ɑb̥ɔnəˈmɑŋ], [ab̥ɔnəˈmɑŋ]

Noun

abonnement n (singular definite abonnementet, plural indefinite abonnementer)

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

Inflection

Declension of abonnement

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	abonnement	abonnementet	abonnementer	abonnementerne
genitive	abonnements	abonnementets	abonnementers	abonnementernes

Related terms

• abonnent
• abonnere

Further reading

• “abonnement” in Den Danske Ordbog
• abonnement on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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

• abo
• abonnementhouder
• jaarabonnement
• maandabonnement
• weekabonnement

 

Related terms

• abonneren

Descendants

• → Indonesian: abonemen
  • → Malay: abonemen

French

Etymology

From abonner ‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɔn.mɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

abonnement m (plural abonnements)

1. subscription

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: абонамент (abonament)
• → Crimean Tatar: abonement
• → Danish: abonnement
• → Dutch: abonnement
  • → Indonesian: abonemen
    • → Malay: abonemen
• → German: Abonnement
  • → Slovene: abonma, abonment
• → English: abonnement
• Haitian Creole: abònman
• → Luxembourgish: Abonnement
• → Latvian: Abonements
• Norwegian:
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: abonnement
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: abonnement
• → Polish: abonament
• → Romanian: abonament
• → Russian: абонеме́нт (abonemént)
  • → Armenian: աբոնեմենտ (abonement)
  • → Eastern Mari: абонемент (abońement)
  • → Georgian: აბონემენტი (abonemenṭi)
• → Serbo-Croatian: abonman
• → Swedish: abonnemang
• → Turkish: abonman

Further reading

• “abonnement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

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 avis ― subscribe to a newspaper

   si opp abonnementet på avisen ― unsubscribe from the newspaper

   ha abonnement på forestillinger i operaen ― have a subscription to performances in the opera

   abonnementet løper ut ved nyttår ― the 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

     [she] 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

• abonnementsaften
• abonnementsavgift
• abonnementsavtale
• abonnementsforestilling
• abonnementsinntekt
• abonnementskonsert
• abonnementskort
• abonnementsordning
• abonnementspris
• abonnementssalg
• abonnementstegning
• avisabonnement
• gaveabonnement
• helårsabonnement
• middagsabonnement
• mobilabonnement
• prøveabonnement
• telefonabonnement
• årsabonnement

 

Related terms

• abonnent (“subscriber”)
• abonnere (“subcribe”)

References

• “abonnement” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abonnement” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abonnement” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French abonnement.

Noun

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

1. a subscription

Derived terms

• abonnementsavgift
• abonnementsforestilling
• abonnementsframsyning
• abonnementskonsert
• abonnementskort
• abonnementspris
• abonnementssalg
• avisabonnement
• prøveabonnement

 

Related terms

• abonnent
• abonnere

References

• “abonnement” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.