debut

• début

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. The Philippine sense is influenced by Spanish debut.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛbjuː/, /ˈdeɪbjuː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /deɪˈbjuː/, /dəˈbjuː/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈdæɪbjʉː/, /ˈdæɪbʉː/, /dəˈbʉː/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːbjuː/, /dɛˈbjuː/, /də-/, /-b(j)ɪu̯/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɛː.bʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛbjuː, -eɪbjuː

debut (plural debuts)

1. 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.

2. (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

3. The first appearance of a debutante in society.
4. (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.

debut (third-person singular simple present debuts, present participle debuting, simple past and past participle debuted)

1. (transitive, chiefly US) to formally introduce, as to the public

   Amalgamated Software Systems debuted release 3.2 in Spring of 2004.

3. (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.

• debutant
• debutante

• → Cantonese: 地標 / 地标 (dei⁶ biu¹)

• tubed

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dəˈβut]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəˈbut]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [deˈbut]

debut m (plural debuts)

1. debut (a performer's first appearance in public)

• debutant
• debutar

• “debut”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from French début.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛbut]
• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛbɪt]

debut m inan

1. debut

   Synonym: počátek

• “debut”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “debut”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From French début (“debut”).

debut c (singular definite debuten or debut'en, plural indefinite debuter or debut'er)

1. debut

• “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”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdebʊt̚]
• Hyphenation: dé‧but
• Rhymes: -bʊt, -ʊt, -t

début (plural debut-debut)

1. debut

Onomatopoeic

• IPA^(key): [dəˈbʊt̚]
• Hyphenation: dê‧but
• Rhymes: -bʊt, -ʊt, -t

dêbut (plural debut-debut)

1. hiss, sizzle, farting noise

• “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.

From French début.

debut m (definite singular debuten, indefinite plural debuter, definite plural debutene)

1. a debut

• debutant
• debutere

• “debut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French début.

debut m (definite singular debuten, indefinite plural debutar, definite plural debutane)

1. a debut

• debutant
• debutere

• “debut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French début.

debut n (plural debuturi)

1. debut
2. outbreak

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)

1. debut

• “debut”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From French début (“first throw or shot in a ball game”).

debut c

1. a debut

• debutant
• debutera

• budet

Unadapted borrowing from English debut.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗi˨˩ ʔɓiw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɪj˦˩ ʔɓiw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɪj˨˩ ʔɓiw˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: đì biu

debut

1. to debut