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

Further reading

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