Débutante

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /debytɑ̃t/
• see also débutant#Pronunciation

Alternative forms

• debutante, debûtante

Origin

Borrowing from fr {{2}} débutante, feminine form of débutant.

“débutant” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary 2

nd

1989

Full definition of débutante

Noun

1. A female who débuts.
• Chmbrs YngrSt|IIIA short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.

Coordinate terms

• débutant

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