haut

See also Haut

English

Etymology

French.

Adjective

haut (comparative more haut, superlative most haut)

1. (obsolete) Haughty.
   • Nations proud and haut. — Milton.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

---

Finnish

Noun

haut

1. Plural form of haku

Anagrams

• uhat

---

French

Etymology

From Middle French haut, from Old French haut, halt (“high, tall, elevated”), a conflation of Frankish *hauh, *hōh (“high, tall, elevated”) and Latin altus (“high, raised, profound”). Akin to Old High German hōh (“high, tall, elevated”). More at high, haughty.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA: /o/, X-SAMPA: /o/

• Audio (France)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o
• Homophones: au, aux, eau, eaux, hauts, ô

Adjective

haut m (feminine haute, masculine plural hauts, feminine plural hautes)

1. high
2. tall

Adverb

haut

1. high

Noun

haut m (plural hauts)

1. top

Usage notes

• The aspirated, or Germanic, h precludes elision: la haute cuisine.

Derived terms

• en haut de
• en haut

Anagrams

• huât

---

Hunsrik

Etymology

From German Haut (“hide, skin”), from Old High German hūt, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /haʊ̯t/

Noun

haut

1. skin; hide
   • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, Associação Internacional de Lingüística – SIL Brasil, page 30:

     praut, kaul, haut – noiva, cavalo, pele

     bride, horse, skin – bride, horse, skin

     (note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese)

This entry has fewer than three known examples of actual usage, the minimum considered necessary for clear attestation, and may not be reliable. This language is subject to a special exemption for languages with limited documentation. If you speak it, please consider editing this entry or adding citations. See also Help and the Community Portal.

---

Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French haut, halt (“high, tall, elevated”), a conflation of a Germanic word and Latin altus (“high, raised, profound”).

Adjective

haut m (feminine haute, masculine plural hauts, feminine plural hautes)

1. high

---

Latin

Alternative forms

• hau, haud

Adverb

haut (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of haud.

---

Luxembourgish

Adverb

haut

1. today

Related terms

• hautdesdaags

---

Old French

Adjective

haut m (feminine haute)

1. high (elevated)

Adverb

haut

1. high