debut
English
/ˈdɛbjuː/, /deɪˈbjuː/, /dɛˈbuː/, /dəˈbʉː/
noun
Definitions
- A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
- The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece.
- The first appearance of a debutante in society.
Etymology
Borrowed from French début (debut, first throw shot in a ball game) derived from Old French but (aim, end, goal, target, purpose), butte (mound, target, knoll) derived from Frankish *but (stump, log) derived from Old Norse bútr (stump, log, butt) derived from Proto-Germanic *butą (end, piece) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeud- (beat, push).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeud-
Gloss
beat, push
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- début English
- redebut English
- Debüt German
- debutto Italian
- debuut Dutch, Flemish
- début French
- débuter French
- дебют Russian
- debut Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰeud- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰÀud- Proto-Indo-European
- debut Norwegian Bokmål
- *butaz Proto-Germanic
- *butą Proto-Germanic
- debut Swedish
- デビュー Japanese
- debiut Polish
- debut Norwegian Nynorsk
- bútr Old Norse
- debut Danish
- debut Czech
- but Old French
- butte Old French
- debi Serbo-Croatian
- bútur Icelandic
- debu Cebuano
- abuter Middle French
- but Middle French
- but Westrobothnian
- *but Frankish
- but Frankish