débuter

See also: debuter and debut'er

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from dé- + 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 *bʰÀud- (to beat, push). Cognate with Old English butt (tree stump). More at butt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.by.te/
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Verb

débuter

  1. to start
  2. to debut, to make one's debut

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Danish: debutere
  • Dutch: debuteren
  • German: debütieren
  • Italian: debuttare
  • Romanian: debuta

Further reading

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