haute

[ oht ]

/ oʊt /

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

high; elevated; upper.

Nearby words

Also haut [oh; especially before a vowel oht] /oʊ; especially before a vowel oʊt/.

1780–90; generalized from haute couture, haute cuisine, etc.; < French, feminine of haut literally, high; see haughty

[ duh oh tahn bah ]

/ də oʊ tɑ̃ ˈbɑ /

from top to bottom; from head to foot.

in a haughty, disdainful manner; condescendingly.

And so they departed; but soon there came another and told the haut prince that it was Dinadan.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory
It was corroded with years, and incapacity, and neglect, as is the custom with all parts of boats and machinery on the Haut Congo.
A Master of Fortune|Cutcliffe Hyne
En montant Plianpra, on fait prs des trois quarts du chemin sur des dbris tombs et rouls du haut de la tte du Brven.
Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4)|James Hutton
When the haut prince wist and saw the good knight fall unto the earth he was ashamed of that stroke.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory

Well, said the haut prince, this day must noble knights joust, and at-after dinner we shall see how ye can speed.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory

Word Origin and History for haut

adj.

French, literally "high," fem. of haut (see haught). Haute bourgeoisie "the (French) upper-middle class" is from 1888.