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From French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at butt.
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛbjuː/, /ˈdeɪbjuː/
- (US) IPA(key): /deɪˈbjuː/, /dəˈbjuː/
- (Filipino diaspora) IPA(key): /dɛˈbuː/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈdæɪbjʉː/, /ˈdæɪbʉː/, /dəˈbʉː/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈdeːbjuː/, /dɛˈbjuː/, /də-/, /-b(j)ɪu̯/
- Rhymes: -ɛbjuː, -eɪbjuː
debut (plural debuts)
- A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Liverpool's performance - despite a defensive injury crisis that saw a promising debut for teenage academy graduate John Flanagan - was a resounding advert for Kenny Dalglish to be given the manager's job on a permanent basis.
- 2016 September 29, Jason Keller, Eberle-McDavid-Lucic line debuts in Oilers pre-season loss to Canucks, CBC (Canada):
- Hulking defenceman Gudbranson, who came to Vancouver in a trade with the Florida Panthers last May, scored in his debut for the Canucks.
- (also attributive) The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece.
- Coordinate term: sophomore
Since making its debut two years ago, the program has gained cult status.
their long-anticipated debut album
- The first appearance of a debutante in society.
- (Philippines) The coming-of-age celebration of a woman's eighteenth birthday.
- British English favours "on one's debut" where North American English favours "in one's debut" in sense "during"; see quotations above.
a performer's first-time performance to the public
- Armenian: դեբյուտ (hy) (debyut)
- Basque: estreinaldi
- Belarusian: дэбю́т m (debjút)
- Bengali: অভিষেক (bn) (obhiśek)
- Bulgarian: дебют m (debjut)
- Catalan: debut (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Danish: debut (da) c
- Dutch: debuut (nl) n
- Esperanto: (used attributively) debuta
- Finnish: ensiesiintyminen, ensiesitys, debyytti (fi)
- French: première (fr)
- Friulian: debut m
- Galician: estrea f
- German: Debüt (de) n
- Hebrew: הופעת בכורה f (hofa'at bekhora)
- Indonesian: debut (id)
- Italian: debutto (it) m
- Japanese: デビュー (ja) (debyū)
- Korean: 데뷔 (ko) (debwi)
- Marathi: पदार्पण n (padārpaṇ)
- Persian: شروع به کار کردن (fa)
- Piedmontese: dësbut m
- Polish: debiut (pl) m
- Portuguese: lançamento (pt) m, estreia (pt) f
- Russian: дебю́т (ru) m (debjút)
- Spanish: debut (es) m
- Swedish: debut (sv) c
- Ukrainian: дебю́т m (debjút)
debut (third-person singular simple present debuts, present participle debuting, simple past and past participle debuted)
- (transitive, chiefly US) to formally introduce, as to the public
Amalgamated Software Systems debuted release 3.2 in Spring of 2004.
- (intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance
Release 3.2 debuted to mixed reviews in Spring of 2004.
2020 April 8, “Fleet News: News in Brief”, in RAIL, page 29:
The nine-car electric unit debuted on the 0630 Newcastle-London King's Cross.
to formally introduce, as to the public
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: առաջին անգամ ներկայացնել (aṙaǰin angam nerkayacʻnel)
- Chinese:
- Czech: please add this translation if you can
- Danish: præsentere, lancere
- Dutch: debuteren (nl)
- French: présenter (fr), lancer (fr)
- Galician: estrear (gl)
- German: einführen (de) (market launch), vorstellen (de), veröffentlichen (de)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: please add this translation if you can
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 데뷔 (ko) (debwi)
- Portuguese: debutar (pt), estreiar
- Spanish: debutar (es)
- Vietnamese: trình diễn (vi)
to make one's initial formal appearance
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: դեբյուտ տալ (debyut tal)
- Belarusian: дэбютава́ць impf or pf (debjutavácʹ)
- Bulgarian: дебютирам (debjutiram)
- Catalan: debutar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 初次登台 (chūcì dēngtái)
- Czech: debutovat
- Danish: debutere
- Dutch: debuteren (nl)
- French: se lancer (fr)
- Galician: estrear (gl)
- German: debütieren (de)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: debütál (hu)
- Italian: esordire (it)
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 데뷔 (ko) (debwi)
- Polish: debiutować (pl) impf, zadebiutować pf
- Portuguese: ser lançado, estreiar
- Romanian: debuta (ro)
- Russian: дебюти́ровать (ru) impf or pf (debjutírovatʹ)
- Spanish: debutar (es)
- Swedish: debutera (sv)
- Ukrainian: дебютува́ти impf or pf (debjutuváty)
- Vietnamese: ra mắt (vi)
debut m (plural debuts)
- debut (a performer's first appearance in public)
- “debut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
debut m inan
debut c (singular definite debuten or debut'en, plural indefinite debuter or debut'er)
- “debut” in Den Danske Ordbog
From Dutch debuut, from French début, from Middle French, derivative of desbuter (“to move, begin”), from des- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), either from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”).
début (first-person possessive debutku, second-person possessive debutmu, third-person possessive debutnya)
dêbut (plural debut-debut, first-person possessive debutku, second-person possessive debutmu, third-person possessive debutnya)
- “debut” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
debut m (definite singular debuten, indefinite plural debuter, definite plural debutene)
- a debut
- “debut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
debut m (definite singular debuten, indefinite plural debutar, definite plural debutane)
- a debut
- “debut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
debut n (plural debuturi)
Borrowed from French début (“debut”).
- IPA(key): /deˈbu/ [d̪eˈβ̞u]
- Rhymes: -u
- IPA(key): (spelling pronunciation) /deˈbut/ [d̪eˈβ̞ut̪]
- Rhymes: -ut
- Syllabification: de‧but
debut m (plural debuts)
- “debut”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
From French début (“first throw or shot in a ball game”).
debut c
- a debut
Declension of debut | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | debut | debuten | debuter | debuterna |
Genitive | debuts | debutens | debuters | debuternas |