different between debutant vs debutante

English

Alternative forms

• débutant

Etymology

From French débutant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?bju?t?nt/, /?de?bju?t?nt/

Noun

debutant (plural debutants)

1. A male who débuts, or appears for the first time.

Coordinate terms

• debutante

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Verb

debutant

1. present participle of debutar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French débutant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?.by?t?nt/
• Hyphenation: de?bu?tant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

debutant m (plural debutanten, diminutive debutantje n, feminine debutante)

1. One who debuts, a debutant or debutante.

Related terms

• debuteren
• debuut

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Probably from French débutant

Noun

debutant m (definite singular debutanten, indefinite plural debutanter, definite plural debutantene)

1. a debutant (male) or debutante (female) (there is no distinction between sexes)

Related terms

• debut
• debutere

References

• “debutant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from French débutant

Noun

debutant m (definite singular debutanten, indefinite plural debutantar, definite plural debutantane)

1. a debutant (male) or debutante (female) (there is no distinction between sexes)

Related terms

• debut
• debutere

References

• “debutant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French débutant

Noun

debutant m (plural debutan?i)

1. beginner

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

debut +? -ant

Noun

debutant c

1. a debutant

Declension

Related terms

• debut
• debutera

English

Alternative forms

• débutante
• debûtante

Etymology

From French débutante.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?bju??t??nt/, /?de?bju??t??nt/

Noun

debutante (plural debutantes)

1. A young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society.

   Synonym: (informal) deb

2. A female debutant, especially in sport and entertainment.

Translations

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

• debutant

Further reading

• debutante on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “debutante”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• unabetted

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French débutante or from debutant +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?.by?t?n.t?/
• Hyphenation: de?bu?tan?te
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Noun

debutante f (plural debutantes, masculine debutant)

1. A debutante, a woman who debuts.

Related terms

• debuteren
• debuut

Spanish

Adjective

debutante (plural debutantes)

1. novice, first-time

Noun

debutante m or f (plural debutantes)

1. debutant, beginner, first-timer