follower
English
Etymology
From Middle English folwer, folwere, folȝere, from Old English folgere (“follower; attendant; disciple”), equivalent to follow + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foulger, West Frisian folger, Dutch volger, German Folger, Swedish följare.
Noun
follower (plural followers)
- (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
- Something that comes after another thing.
- One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
- One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
- An imitator, who follows another's example.
- A pursuer.
- (Internet) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.
- I have over 50 followers on Twitter, but all my tweets only get 10 likes.
- A machine part receiving motion from another.
- A man courting a maidservant.
- Young cattle.
- A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
- (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
- (colloquial, dated) A debt collector.
Derived terms
- followership
- nonfollower
Related terms
Translations
one who follows
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thing that comes after another thing
one who is a part of a master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer
one who adheres to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another
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pursuer
social media consumer
man courting a maidservant
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young cattle
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
French
Etymology
From English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔ.lɔ.wœʁ/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔ.lɔ.we/
Conjugation
Conjugation of follower (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle | followant /fɔ.lɔ.wɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | followé /fɔ.lɔ.we/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | follower | ||||||
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | followant /fɔ.lɔ.wɑ̃/ | ||||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | followe /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followes /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followe /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followons /fɔ.lɔ.wɔ̃/ |
followez /fɔ.lɔ.we/ |
followent /fɔ.lɔw/ |
imperfect | followais /fɔ.lɔ.wɛ/ |
followais /fɔ.lɔ.wɛ/ |
followait /fɔ.lɔ.wɛ/ |
followions /fɔ.lɔ.wjɔ̃/ |
followiez /fɔ.lɔ.wje/ |
followaient /fɔ.lɔ.wɛ/ | |
past historic2 | followai /fɔ.lɔ.we/ |
followas /fɔ.lɔ.wa/ |
followa /fɔ.lɔ.wa/ |
followâmes /fɔ.lɔ.wam/ |
followâtes /fɔ.lɔ.wat/ |
followèrent /fɔ.lɔ.wɛʁ/ | |
future | followerai /fɔ.lɔw.ʁe/ |
followeras /fɔ.lɔw.ʁa/ |
followera /fɔ.lɔw.ʁa/ |
followerons /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɔ̃/ |
followerez /fɔ.lɔw.ʁe/ |
followeront /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | followerais /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɛ/ |
followerais /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɛ/ |
followerait /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɛ/ |
followerions /fɔ.lɔ.wə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
followeriez /fɔ.lɔ.wə.ʁje/ |
followeraient /fɔ.lɔw.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | followe /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followes /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followe /fɔ.lɔw/ |
followions /fɔ.lɔ.wjɔ̃/ |
followiez /fɔ.lɔ.wje/ |
followent /fɔ.lɔw/ |
imperfect2 | followasse /fɔ.lɔ.was/ |
followasses /fɔ.lɔ.was/ |
followât /fɔ.lɔ.wa/ |
followassions /fɔ.lɔ.wa.sjɔ̃/ |
followassiez /fɔ.lɔ.wa.sje/ |
followassent /fɔ.lɔ.was/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | followe /fɔ.lɔw/ |
— | followons /fɔ.lɔ.wɔ̃/ |
followez /fɔ.lɔ.we/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
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