deb

See also: Deb, DEB, and Deb.

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛb

Noun

deb (plural debs)

1. (informal) Clipping of debutante.
2. (informal) Debutante ball or debut.

Anagrams

• B.Ed., BDE, BED, DBE, EBD, Edb., bed

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of debiel.

Noun

deb m (plural debben)

1. (Belgium, offensive, colloquial) Clipping of debiel.

Anagrams

• bed

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English deb.

Noun

deb f (invariable)

1. deb, debutante

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ðəbu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.

Noun

deb

1. sugar cane

References

• deb in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• deb in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• deb in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 68.

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qʷuw (“far”). Cognate with Iu Mien go.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de˥/

Adjective

deb

1. far