debut

See also: début and Debüt

English

Alternative forms

• début

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛbjuː, -eɪbjuː

Noun

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.

Usage notes

• British English favours "on one's debut" where North American English favours "in one's debut" in sense "during"; see quotations above.

Derived terms

• full debut

 

Translations

a performer's first-time performance to the public

• Armenian: դեբյուտ (hy) (debyut)
• Basque: estreinaldi
• Belarusian: дэбю́т m (debjút)
• Bengali: অভিষেক (bn) (obhiśek)
• Bulgarian: дебют m (debjut)
• Catalan: debut (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 首次亮相 (shǒucì liàngxiàng), 初次登場 / 初次登场 (chūcì dēngchǎng), 初次演出 (chūcì yǎnchū), 首次露面 (shǒucì lòumiàn), 初次登台 (chūcì dēngtái), 出道 (zh) (chūdào)

• Danish: debut (da) c
• Dutch: debuut (nl) n
• Esperanto: (used attributively) debuta
• Finnish: ensiesiintyminen, ensiesitys, debyytti (fi)
• French: première (fr)
• Friulian: debut m
• Galician: estrea f
• German: Debüt (de) n
• Hebrew: הופעת בכורה f (hofa'at bekhora)
• Indonesian: debut (id)
• Italian: debutto (it) m
• Japanese: デビュー (ja) (debyū)
• Korean: 데뷔 (ko) (debwi)
• Marathi: पदार्पण n (padārpaṇ)
• Persian: شروع به کار کردن (fa)
• Piedmontese: dësbut m
• Polish: debiut (pl) m
• Portuguese: lançamento (pt) m, estreia (pt) f
• Russian: дебю́т (ru) m (debjút)
• Spanish: debut (es) m
• Swedish: debut (sv) c
• Ukrainian: дебю́т m (debjút)

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.

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.

Derived terms

• redebut
• undebuted

 

Descendants

• → Cantonese: 地標 / 地标 (dei⁶ biu¹)

Translations

to formally introduce, as to the public

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: առաջին անգամ ներկայացնել (aṙaǰin angam nerkayacʻnel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 首發 / 首发 (zh) (shǒufā)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: præsentere, lancere
• Dutch: debuteren (nl)
• French: présenter (fr), lancer (fr)
• Galician: estrear (gl)
• German: einführen (de) (market launch), vorstellen (de), veröffentlichen (de)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 데뷔 (ko) (debwi)
• Portuguese: debutar (pt), estreiar
• Spanish: debutar (es)
• Vietnamese: trình diễn (vi)

to make one's initial formal appearance

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: դեբյուտ տալ (debyut tal)
• Belarusian: дэбютава́ць impf or pf (debjutavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: дебютирам (debjutiram)
• Catalan: debutar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 初次登台 (chūcì dēngtái), 出道 (zh) (chūdào)

• Czech: debutovat
• Danish: debutere
• Dutch: debuteren (nl)
• French: se lancer (fr)
• Galician: estrear (gl)
• German: debütieren (de)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: debütál (hu)
• Indonesian: debut (id)
• Italian: esordire (it)
• Japanese: デビュー (ja)
• Korean: 데뷔 (ko) (debwi)
• Polish: debiutować (pl) impf, zadebiutować pf
• Portuguese: ser lançado, estreiar
• Romanian: debuta (ro)
• Russian: дебюти́ровать (ru) impf or pf (debjutírovatʹ)
• Spanish: debutar (es)
• Swedish: debutera (sv)
• Ukrainian: дебютува́ти impf or pf (debjutuváty)
• Vietnamese: ra mắt (vi)

Related terms

• debutant
• debutante

Anagrams

• tubed

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

debut m (plural debuts)

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

Related terms

• debutant
• debutar

Further reading

• “debut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French début.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

debut m inan

1. debut

   Synonym: počátek

Declension

Declension of debut (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	debut	debuty
genitive	debutu	debutů
dative	debutu	debutům
accusative	debut	debuty
vocative	debute	debuty
locative	debutu	debutech
instrumental	debutem	debuty

Related terms

• debutant
• debutantka
• debutovat

 

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

From French début (“debut”).

Noun

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

1. debut

Inflection

Declension of debut

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

Further reading

• “debut” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

début (uncountable)

1. debut

Related terms

• debutan

 

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dêbut (plural debut-debut)

1. hiss, sizzle, farting noise

Related terms

• berdebut

 

Further reading

• “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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French début.

Noun

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

1. a debut

Related terms

• debutant
• debutere

References

• “debut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French début.

Noun

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

1. a debut

Related terms

• debutant
• debutere

References

• “debut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French début.

Noun

debut n (plural debuturi)

1. debut
2. outbreak

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	debut	debutul		debuturi	debuturile
genitive-dative	debut	debutului		debuturi	debuturilor
vocative	debutule			debuturilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French début (“debut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈbu/ [d̪eˈβ̞u]
  • Rhymes: -u
• IPA^(key): (spelling pronunciation) /deˈbut/ [d̪eˈβ̞ut̪]
  • Rhymes: -ut
  • Syllabification: de‧but

Noun

debut m (plural debuts)

1. debut

Related terms

• debutar

 

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

debut c

1. a debut

Declension

Declension of debut

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	debut	debuts
	definite	debuten	debutens
plural	indefinite	debuter	debuters
	definite	debuterna	debuternas

Derived terms

• alkoholdebut
• debutalbum
• debutbok
• debutdiktsamling
• debutfilm
• debutkonsert
• debutpjäs
• debutplatta
• debutroll
• debutroman
• debutsamling
• debutsingel
• debutskiva
• debutsäsong
• debutverk
• debutålder
• debutår
• filmdebut
• författardebut
• regidebut
• romandebut
• scendebut
• sexdebut
• skivdebut
• solodebut
• succédebut
• säsongsdebut
• årsdebut

 

Related terms

• debutant
• debutera

Anagrams

• budet