Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subscriber

/səbˈskɹaɪbɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: sub-scriber
IPA: /səbˈskɹaɪbɚ/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who subscribes to a publication or a service.

noun

A system or component that subscribes to something, such as an event, made available by a publisher.

noun

A person undersigned.

Example Sentences

"Our magazine has over ten thousand subscribers."
"The aim is to better appeal to the varied interests of Netflix’s sprawling subscriber base. […] “All signs point to Netflix having reached escape velocity, with subscribers scaling far faster than investors expected,” Mr. Greenfield said."
"An event aggregator facilitates a fire-and-forget model of communication. The object triggering the event doesn't care if there are any subscribers."
"Near-synonyms: signatory, signer"

Etymology

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.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /səbˈskɹaɪbɚ/

Inflected Forms

subscribers (plural)

Derived Forms

nonsubscriber oversubscriber subscribership unsubscriber

Phrases

asymmetric digital subscriber line digital subscriber line subscriber bell subscriber trunk dialling

Synonyms

undersigned signatory signer contributor reader endorser indorser ratifier

Rhymes With

fiber cyber fibre schreiber tiber transcriber prescriber biber scheiber reiber seiber scriber

Questions

How do you pronounce subscriber?: The recorded pronunciation is /səbˈskɹaɪbɚ/.
What does subscriber mean?: A person who subscribes to a publication or a service.
Where does subscriber come from?: 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.

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