debat

See also: débat

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dəˈβat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəˈbat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [deˈbat]

Noun

debat m (plural debats)

1. debate

Related terms

• debatre

Further reading

• “debat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “debat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “debat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “debat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

debat

1. inflection of debatre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Danish

Etymology

From French débat.

Noun

debat c (singular definite debatten, plural indefinite debatter)

1. debate

Declension

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	debat	debatten	debatter	debatterne
genitive	debats	debattens	debatters	debatternes

Declension of debat

References

• “debat” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

debat

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch debat, tebat. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːˈbɑt/, /dəˈbɑt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: de‧bat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Noun

debat n (plural debatten, diminutive debatje n)

1. debate; argument or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting

Synonyms

• discussie

Derived terms

• begrotingsdebat
• debatavond
• debatclub
• debatcultuur
• debatmiddag
• debatteren
• debatwedstrijd
• kamerdebat
• klimaatdebat
• lijsttrekkersdebat
• milieudebat
• parlementsdebat
• senaatsdebat
• verkiezingsdebat

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: debat

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

debat

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Etymology

Inherited from Malay debat, from Dutch debat, from Middle Dutch debat, tebat, from Old French debatre (“to fight, contend, debate, also literally to beat down”), from Romanic desbattere, from Latin dis- (“apart, in different directions”) + battuere (“to beat, to fence”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian, rare) IPA^(key): /ˈdebat/ [ˈde.bat̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -ebat
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /dəˈbat/ [dəˈbat̪̚]
• Syllabification: de‧bat

Noun

débat (plural debat-debat, first-person possessive debatku, second-person possessive debatmu, third-person possessive debatnya)

1. debate

Synonyms

• perbahasan (Standard Malay)
• sawala

Affixed terms

• berdebat
• didebat
• diperdebatkan
• memperdebatkan
• mendebat
• pendebat
• perdebatan

 

Further reading

• “debat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

Debat

Wikipedia ^ms

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch debat, from Middle Dutch debat, tebat, from Old French debatre (“to fight, contend, debate, also literally to beat down”), from Romanic desbattere, from Latin dis- (“apart, in different directions”) + battuere (“to beat, to fence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəbat/, /debat/
• Rhymes: -bat, -at

Noun

debat (Jawi spelling ديبت, plural debat-debat, informal 1st possessive debatku, 2nd possessive debatmu, 3rd possessive debatnya)

1. A debate.

   Synonym: bahas

Affixations

• berdebat
• berdebat-debatan
• debatkan
• didebatkan
• diperdebatkan
• memperdebatkan
• mendebat
• mendebatkan
• pendebat
• pendebatan
• perdebatan
• perdebatkan

 

Further reading

• “debat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

debat m (plural debats)

1. debate

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.bat/
• Rhymes: -ɛbat
• Syllabification: de‧bat

Noun

debat

1. genitive plural of debata