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English[]

Alternative spellings[]

  • débute (verb only)

Etymology[]

From the French verbal noun début, from débuter (begin”, “start”, “lead off).[1]

Pronunciation[]

Noun[]

Singular
Début

Plural
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Début ({{{1}}})

  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[]

Infinitive
to Début

Third person singular
-

Simple past
-

Past participle
-

Present participle
-

to Début (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

  1. Make one’s début.[1]

Usage notes[]

  • (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[]

Dictionary notes[]

  • The Oxford English Dictionary defines début but does not list debut.

References[]

  1. 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]
  2. Template:R:Fowler's 1926, page 104
      début, débutant(e).Début can only be pronounced as French […]

Anagrams[]

  • bdetu,
  • tubed

French[]

Etymology[]

From the French verb débuter.[1]


Pronunciation[]

Noun[]

Début m. (plural Débuts)

  1. start, beginning

Derived terms[]

References[]

  1. Template:R:EWddS

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