debiut

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French début, from Middle French, derivative of desbuter (“to move, begin”), from des- + 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 *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.bjut/

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• Rhymes: -ɛbjut
• Syllabification: de‧biut

Noun

debiut m inan

1. debut
2. (chess) opening (the first few moves in a game of chess)

   Synonym: otwarcie szachowe

Declension

Declension of debiut

	singular	plural
nominative	debiut	debiuty
genitive	debiutu	debiutów
dative	debiutowi	debiutom
accusative	debiut	debiuty
instrumental	debiutem	debiutami
locative	debiucie	debiutach
vocative	debiucie	debiuty

Further reading

• debiut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• debiut in Polish dictionaries at PWN