noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American:/səbˈskɹaɪbɚ/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -aɪbə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:S AH0 B S K R AY1 B ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person who subscribes to a publication or a service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Our magazine has over ten thousand subscribers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A system or component that subscribes to something, such as an event, made available by a publisher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybh- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybheti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin subscrīberebor. Middle English subscriben English subscribe Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English subscriber From subscribe + -er.
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
intekenaar
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Afrikaans:
intekenare
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Armenian:
բաժանորդ
(bažanord)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Armenian:
աբոնենտ
(abonent)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Azerbaijani:
abunəçi
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Bashkir:
яҙылыусы
(yaźılıwsı)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Belarusian:
падпісчык
(padpisčyk)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Belarusian:
падпісчыца
(padpisčyca)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Bulgarian:
абона́т
(abonát)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Catalan:
subscriptor
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Catalan:
subscriptora
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Catalan:
abonat
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Catalan:
abonada
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Chinese Mandarin:
訂閱者 /订阅者
(dìngyuèzhě)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Chinese Mandarin:
訂戶 /订户
(dìnghù)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Chinese Mandarin:
用戶 /用户
(yònghù)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Crimean Tatar:
abonent
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Esperanto:
abonanto
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Finnish:
tilaaja
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
French:
abonné
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Galician:
subscritor
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Galician:
subscritora
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
German:
Abonnent
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
German:
Abonnentin
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
German:
Bezieher
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
German:
Bezieherin
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Hebrew:
מָנוּי
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Hiligaynon:
umalamot
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Hungarian:
előfizető
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Icelandic:
áskrifandi
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Interlingua:
subscriptor
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Irish:
foscríobhaí
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Italian:
iscritto
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Italian:
abbonato
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Japanese:
購読者
(kōdokusha)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Japanese:
加入者
(kanyūsha)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Korean:
구독자
(gudokja)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Korean:
가입자
(gaipja)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Northern Kurdish:
abone
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Latin:
subscrīptor
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Macedonian:
пре́тплатник
(prétplatnik)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Macedonian:
абоне́нт
(abonént)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Malay:
pelanggan
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Māori:
kaiohauru
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Eastern Mari:
абонемент
(abońement)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Norwegian Bokmål:
abonnent
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Norwegian Nynorsk:
abonnent
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Polish:
abonent
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Polish:
abonentka
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Polish:
subskrybent (YouTube)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Portuguese:
assinante
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Portuguese:
subscritor
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Portuguese:
subscritora
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Portuguese:
inscrito
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Portuguese:
inscrita
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Romanian:
abonat
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Romanian:
subscriber (YouTube)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Russian:
подпи́счик
(podpísčik)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Russian:
подпи́счица
(podpísčica)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Russian:
абоне́нт
(abonént)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Russian:
абоне́нтка
(abonéntka)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Serbo-Croatian:
прѐтплатнӣк
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Serbo-Croatian:
прѐтплатница
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Serbo-Croatian:
prètplatnīk
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Serbo-Croatian:
prètplatnica
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Spanish:
suscriptor
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Spanish:
suscriptora
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Spanish:
abonado
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Spanish:
subscriptor
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Swedish:
abonnent
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Swedish:
prenumerant
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Turkish:
abone
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Ottoman Turkish:
آبونه
(âbone)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Ukrainian:
передпла́тник
(peredplátnyk)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Ukrainian:
передпла́тниця
(peredplátnycja)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Ukrainian:
підписник
(pidpysnyk)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Ukrainian:
підписниця
(pidpysnycja)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Welsh:
tanysgrifiwr
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
Yiddish:
אַבאָנענט
(abonent)
— a person who subscribes to a publication or a service
