# debat
## Catalan
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [dəˈβat]
* IPA: (Balearic) [dəˈbat]
* IPA: (Valencia) [deˈbat]

#### Noun

debat m (plural debats)
* 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, 2025
* “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
* inflection of debatre:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Danish
### Etymology

From French débat.

### Noun

debat c (singular definite debatten, plural indefinite debatter)
* debate

#### Declension
### References

* “debat” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deːˈbɑt/, /dəˈbɑt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: de‧bat
* Rhymes: -ɑt

### Noun

debat n (plural debatten, diminutive debatje n)
* 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
### 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: /ˈdebat/ [ˈde.bat̪̚]
** Rhymes: -ebat
* (colloquial) IPA: /dəˈbat/ [dəˈbat̪̚]
* Syllabification: de‧bat

### Noun

débat (plural)
* debate
    Synonym: sawala

#### Synonyms

* perbahasan (Standard Malay)

#### 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
### 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: /dəbat/, /debat/
* Rhymes: -bat, -at

### Noun

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

### Noun

debat m (plural debats)
* debate

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛ.bat/
* Rhymes: -ɛbat
* Syllabification: de‧bat

### Noun

debat
* genitive plural of debata