"debutante" meaning in English

See debutante in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌdɛbjuːˈtɑːnt/ [UK], /ˌdeɪbjuːˈtɑːnt/ [UK] Audio: en-us-debutante.ogg [US] Forms: debutantes [plural]
Etymology: From French débutante. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|débutante}} French débutante Head templates: {{en-noun}} debutante (plural debutantes)
  1. A young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society. Synonyms: deb Translations (young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society): デビュタント (debyutanto) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-debutante-en-noun-u~Okllcc Disambiguation of 'young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society': 98 2
  2. A female debutant, especially in sport and entertainment. Categories (topical): Female people Translations (female debutant): অভিষিক্ত (obhiśikto) [common-gender] (Bengali), debutante [feminine] (Dutch), מופיעה לראשונה (Hebrew), デビュタント (debyutanto) (Japanese), debiutantka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-debutante-en-noun-gUU6Scs~ Disambiguation of Female people: 30 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'female debutant': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: débutante, debûtante Derived forms: celebutante, subdebutante Coordinate_terms: debutant

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for debutante meaning in English (2.8kB)

{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "debutant"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "celebutante"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "subdebutante"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "débutante"
      },
      "expansion": "French débutante",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French débutante.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "debutantes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "debutante (plural debutantes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society."
      ],
      "id": "en-debutante-en-noun-u~Okllcc",
      "links": [
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "formal",
          "formal"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "society",
          "society"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "deb"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "debyutanto",
          "sense": "young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society",
          "word": "デビュタント"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "en:Female people",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female debutant, especially in sport and entertainment."
      ],
      "id": "en-debutante-en-noun-gUU6Scs~",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "debutant",
          "debutant#English"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "obhiśikto",
          "sense": "female debutant",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "অভিষিক্ত"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "female debutant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "debutante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "female debutant",
          "word": "מופיעה לראשונה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "debyutanto",
          "sense": "female debutant",
          "word": "デビュタント"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "female debutant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "debiutantka"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɛbjuːˈtɑːnt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdeɪbjuːˈtɑːnt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-debutante.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/En-us-debutante.ogg/En-us-debutante.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/En-us-debutante.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "débutante"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "debûtante"
    }
  ],
  "word": "debutante"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from French",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "en:Female people"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "debutant"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "celebutante"
    },
    {
      "word": "subdebutante"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "débutante"
      },
      "expansion": "French débutante",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French débutante.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "debutantes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "debutante (plural debutantes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "formal",
          "formal"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "society",
          "society"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "deb"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A female debutant, especially in sport and entertainment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "debutant",
          "debutant#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɛbjuːˈtɑːnt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdeɪbjuːˈtɑːnt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-debutante.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/En-us-debutante.ogg/En-us-debutante.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/En-us-debutante.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "débutante"
    },
    {
      "word": "debûtante"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "debyutanto",
      "sense": "young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society",
      "word": "デビュタント"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "obhiśikto",
      "sense": "female debutant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "অভিষিক্ত"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "female debutant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "debutante"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "female debutant",
      "word": "מופיעה לראשונה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "debyutanto",
      "sense": "female debutant",
      "word": "デビュタント"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female debutant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "debiutantka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "debutante"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.