debutante
Portuguese, noun/de.buˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
debutante is spelled D-E-B-U-T-A-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Debutante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “beginner, first-timer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mocinha que se estreia na vida social”.
What does debutante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinenovice, first-time
noun
- 1
femininemasculinebeginner, first-timer
- 2
femininemasculinedebutant (especially a girl celebrating her fifteenth birthday)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mocinha que se estreia na vida social.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of debutante
- debutantes plural
- de.bu.tan.te canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce debutante?
- Brazil /de.buˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /dɨ.buˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal [dɨ.βuˈtɐ̃.tɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to debutante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is debutante in Portuguese?
debutante appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).