In the noun "debut" French roots are clearly audible. It stretches like a song, the emphasis falls on the last syllable, as in all words borrowed from the language of troubadours and musketeers. What does this word mean and can it be replaced by others?
The debut is ...
What does this beautiful French word mean ? In ancient times, the so-called first appearance of young girls, whom they called debutants, was called.
The debut is:
- The first appearance of an actor, athlete or singer in public. Example: "The debut of Efrosinya Alexandrovna Kruglova was unsuccessful, her career on it tragically ended."
- The first moves in a drafts or chess game: "The debut was expected to be smooth, but a huge cat suddenly burst into the room and threw all the pieces from the board."
- The onset of mental illness. Example: “A five-year student described the debut of schizophrenia well and in some detail, but then she started to swim and was sent for a retake.”
Morphological characteristics
From the point of view of morphology, the debut is a common noun, inanimate noun of the masculine gender, the second declension.
| Case / number | Question | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | What? | Debut is the first steps in a career. | Debuts are the most interesting, the most exciting that is in the biography of famous personalities. |
| Genitive | What? | I did not watch the athlete’s debut, but now I follow his successes with interest. | The debuts of psychiatric diseases have much in common. |
| Dative | Why? | You need to approach the debut responsibly: as you show yourself, then they will treat you. | Debut lacks intrigue. |
| Accusative | What? | I am pleased to learn Reti's debut. | He studied the debut of diseases all night, but received a poor grade. |
| Instrumental case | Than? | The young singer was unsatisfied with her debut on the big stage. | With these debuts of illnesses, not everything is clear to me, I will continue to learn. |
| Prepositional | About what? | Marianne dreamed about her first debut at the ball. | I absolutely do not understand the debuts of diseases. |
Synonyms
Debut, as we have already figured out, is a borrowed noun. All words that are close in meaning to the noun "debut" are reduced to one common meaning - the beginning:
- "The start of her career was successful, but then something went wrong, and she, so young, promising, slipped to the bottom."
- "The start of the chess game was standard, but then something unimaginable began, but very interesting."
- "The onset of the disease was sudden and rapid."