different between debutante vs rosebud

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

rose +? bud

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???z.b?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?z.b?d/

Noun

rosebud (plural rosebuds)

1. The bud of a rose.
2. (Britain, sometimes as a term of endearment) A pretty young woman.
3. (US, rare) A debutante.
4. (rare) Any of assorted small seashells with a pink or partially pink color, usually of the family Muricidae.
5. (Cockney) A mouth.
6. (slang) the indentation of a surface caused by an incorrect hammer strike (missing the nail)
7. (vulgar, slang) The anus.
   • 2017, Penthouse Variations on Anal

     Her ass was the ultimate goal for both of us, but I wanted to draw out the anticipation. […] She watched from between her knees as I prepared to push into her rosebud.

   • 2017, Corinne Davies, The 3xtasy Lake Collection (volume 2, page 128)

     Squeezing a healthy dollop of lube onto her rosebud, he stretched the tight ring and forced more lubrication into her ass.

Derived terms

• gather rosebuds
• rosebudding

References

• Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th edition, 1984

Anagrams

• obdures