debut

See also début, and Debüt

English

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Alternative forms

• début

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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 *butan (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰÀud- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at butt.

Noun

debut (plural debuts)

1. A performer's first-time performance to the public.

   Since making its debut two years ago, the program has gained cult status.

   • 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, BBC Sport:

     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.

Translations

a performer's first-time performance to the public

Basque: estreinaldi (eu) Chinese: Mandarin: 首次露面, 初次登台 Danish: debut (da) c. Dutch: debuut (nl) n. Esperanto: (used attributively) debuta (eo) Finnish: ensiesiintyminen (fi), ensiesitys (fi), debyytti (fi) French: début (fr)

German: Debüt (de) n. Hebrew: הופעת בכורה (hofa'at bekhora) f. Persian: شروع به کار کردن (fa) Polish: debiut (pl) m. Russian: дебют (ru) (debjút) m. Spanish: debut (es) Swedish: debut (sv) c.

Verb

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.

2. (intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance

   Release 3.2 debuted to mixed reviews in Spring of 2004.

Translations

to formally introduce, as to the public

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to make one's initial formal appearance

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Related terms

• debutant
• debutante

Anagrams

• tubed

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Czech

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Etymology

From French début.

Noun

debut m.

1. debut

Synonyms

• počátek

Related terms

• debutant, debutantka
• debutovat

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Danish

Etymology

From French début (“debut”).

Noun

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

1. debut

Inflection

    Inflection of debut

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	debut	debuten debut'en	debuter debut'er	debuterne debut'erne
genitive	debuts	debutens debut'ens	debuters debut'ers	debuternes debut'ernes

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Spanish

Noun

debut m. (plural debutes)

1. debut

Related terms

• debutar