haute

[ oht ]

adjective
  1. high-class or high-toned; fancy: an haute restaurant that attracts a monied crowd.

  2. high; elevated; upper.

Origin of haute

1
1780–90; generalized from haute couture, haute cuisine, etc.; <French, feminine of haut literally, high; see haughty
  • Also haut [oh; especially before a vowel oht]. /oʊ; especially before a vowel oʊt/.

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How to use haute in a sentence

  • After the drabness of the 1950s, her clothes were chic and slightly transgressive, but not haute couture.

  • From the English point of view, there are two kinds of pieces included in the domain of our haute Comédie.

    The English Stage | Augustin Filon
  • Jolibois, Dictionnaire historique de la haute-Marne, p. 492.

  • Veuillez agrer, Monsieur le Marchal, l'expression de ma haute considration et mes sentiments de cordiale camaraderie.

    1914 | John French, Viscount of Ypres
  • Tapestry is woven in two ways, by a high or by a low-warp loom (haute-lisse or basse-lisse), vertical or horizontal.

    Needlework As Art | Marian Alford
  • This volunteer captain with the winning way was of the haute noblesse, and he could make her Lady Falconnet.

    The Master of Appleby | Francis Lynde