Debussy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Debussy.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: də-byo͞o′sē, dĕb′yo͞o-sē′, (after French) də-bü-sē′[1]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dəˈbjuː.siː/, /ˌdɛb.juːˈsiː/, (after French) /də.byˈsiː/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /dəˈbju.si/, /ˌdɛb.juˈsi/, (after French) /də.byˈsi/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /dəˈbjʉː.siː/, /ˌdeb.jʉːˈsiː/, (after French) /də.byˈsiː/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /dəˈbjʉ.si/, /ˌdɛb.jʉˈsi/, (after French) /də.byˈsi/
  • (India) IPA(key): /ɖeˈbjuː.siː/, /ˌɖeb.juːˈsiː/, (after French) /ɖe.byˈsiː/
  • Rhymes: -uːsiː, -iː, (after French) -i
  • Hyphenation: De‧bus‧sy[1]

Proper noun

Debussy

  1. A surname from French.
  2. A rayed impact crater on Mercury, named after the French composer.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Debussy”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  2. ^ Staff Writers (18 March 2010) “Ten Craters On Mercury Receive New Names”, in Space Daily‎[1], Washington DC (SPX): Space Media Network, archived from the original on 20 May 2020: “Debussy, for Claude Debussy (1862–1918), among the most important of French composers and one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music. He was a central figure in European music at the turn of the 20th Century.”

French

Etymology

Univerbation of de (“from”) +‎ Bussy (any of a number of communes in France).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də.by.si/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: De‧bus‧sy

Proper noun

Debussy m or f by sense

  1. a surname
    Claude Achille Debussy (1862–1918), compositeur classique français ― French classical composer
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