débuter, v.n., to lead, to play first; to begin; to open; to set out; to make one’s first appearance. Il a mal débuté dans le monde; he made a bad beginning in life.
débuter, v.a., to drive from the jack (at bowls); to drive from the mark (at cards).
deçà, prep., this side of. En —, de —, par —, la rivière; this side of the river. En — de la rivière; on this side of the river.
deçà, adv., here, on this side. — et delà; here and there, this and that side, up and down. Jambe —, jambe delà; one leg this side, the other that. De —, par —, en —; this side.
déca (particle used in French weights and measures) deca (ten times the unit).
décachetable, adj., to be unsealed, opened.
décachetage, n.m., unsealing, opening.
décacheter (dé-kash-té), v.a., to unseal, to open; to break open, to break the seal of.
décadaire, adj., having ten days, decadal.
décade, n.f., decade.