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debutante

UK/ˌdɛbjuːˈtɑːnt/

debutante noun: a young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society.

Noun

debutante (plural debutantes)

  1. A young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society.
    Synonyms:
    deb
  2. A female debutant, especially in sport and entertainment.

debutante meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

debutante in Bengali

female debutant
অভিষিক্ত obhiśikto

debutante in Malayalam

അരങ്ങേറ്റക്കാരി, കന്നിക്കാരി

Synonyms of debutante

Forms of debutante

pluraldebutantes
alternative formdébutante
alternative formdebûtante

Plural of debutante: debutantes

Origin of debutante

From French débutante. By surface analysis, debut + French -ante.

Words formed from debutante

Questions about debutante

What does debutante mean?
Debutante means a young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society.
What is debutante in Bengali?
Debutante in Bengali is অভিষিক্ত (obhiśikto). See Debutante meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is debutante?
Debutante is a noun.
How do you pronounce debutante?
Debutante is pronounced /ˌdɛbjuːˈtɑːnt/ (UK).
What is the plural of debutante?
The plural of debutante is debutantes.

Words near debutante in the dictionary

  1. Debussysm
  2. Debussyst
  3. Debussysts
  4. debut
  5. debutant
  6. debutante
  7. debutantes
  8. debutantism
  9. debutants
  10. debutard
  11. debutards

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: debutante (page history and authors); debutante (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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