different between debutante vs deb

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

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

deb (plural debs)

1. (informal) Clipping of debutante.
2. (informal) Debutante ball or debut.

Anagrams

• B.Ed., BDE, BED, DBE, EBD, Edb., bed

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of debiel.

Noun

deb m (plural debben)

1. (Belgium, offensive, colloquial) Clipping of debiel.

Anagrams

• bed

Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

deb f (invariable)

1. deb, debutante

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ð?bu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *t?buh, from Proto-Austronesian *t?buS.

Noun

deb

1. sugar cane

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *q?uw (“far”). Cognate with Iu Mien go.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?/

Adjective

deb

1. far