Polyglot Dictionary

début

/deby/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les débuts

Meaning

  1. beginning

    • Le début du film était captivant.

      The beginning of the movie was captivating.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

comienzo

comienzo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "beginning."

Portuguese

começo

começo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "beginning."

Practice

1 What does début mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ du film était captivant.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches début?

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