debut

Meanings

1. A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
2. The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece.
3. The first appearance of a debutante in society.
4. The coming-of-age celebration of a woman's eighteenth birthday.

1. To formally introduce, as to the public.
2. To make one's initial formal appearance.

Etymology

Borrowed from French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at butt. The Philippine sense is influenced by Spanish debut.