See also debut
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English[edit | edit source]
Alternative spellings[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From the French verbal noun début, from débuter (“‘begin”, “start”, “lead off’”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
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Début ({{{1}}})
- (especially, of public perfomers)[1] A person’s or thing’s first appearance before society or another audience; one’s “maiden voyage”.[1]
Verb[edit | edit source]
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Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
to Début (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
Usage notes[edit | edit source]
- (applicable to all senses) On first reading by a person unfamiliar with this term, debut may be mispronounced *[dɪˈbʌt] (cf. rebut) if it is written without the disambiguating acute accent.
Related terms[edit | edit source]
Dictionary notes[edit | edit source]
- The Oxford English Dictionary defines début but does not list debut.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 “‖début, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
- ↑ Template:R:Fowler's 1926, page 104
début, débutant(e). Début can only be pronounced as French […]
Anagrams[edit | edit source]
- bdetu,
- tubed
French[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From the French verb débuter.[1]
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Début m. (plural Débuts)
Derived terms[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
de:début et:début el:début es:début fr:début ko:début io:début id:début ku:début hu:début pl:début pt:début fi:début vi:début
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