debiut

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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/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

Further reading

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