début

See also: debut and Debüt

English

Noun

début (plural débuts)

Alternative spelling of debut

Verb

début (third-person singular simple present débuts, present participle débuting, simple past and past participle débuted)

Alternative spelling of debut

Anagrams

tubed

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French début, deverbal of desbuter (“to move, begin”) (whence débuter).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de.by/
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Noun

début m (plural débuts)

start, beginning
Synonym: commencement

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Czech: debut
→ Danish: debut
→ German: Debüt
→ English: debut, début
- → Cantonese: 地標／地标 (dei⁶ biu¹)
→ Italian: debutto
→ Japanese: デビュー
→ Korean: 데뷔 (debwi)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: debut
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: debut
→ Spanish: debut
→ Swedish: debut

Further reading

“début”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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