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Etymology
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From the French verbal noun début, from débuter (“‘begin”, “start”, “lead off’”).[1]
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- (especially, of public perfomers)[1] A person’s or thing’s first appearance before society or another audience; one’s “maiden voyage”.[1]
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- (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.
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- The Oxford English Dictionary defines début but does not list debut.
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- ↑ 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]
- ↑ Patrono:R:Fowler's 1926, page 104
début, débutant(e). Début can only be pronounced as French […]
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From the French verb débuter.[1]
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Début m. (plural Débuts)
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