hault

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English

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Etymology 1

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Old French hault, French haut. See haughty.

Adjective

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hault (comparative more hault, superlative most hault)

  1. (obsolete) Lofty; haughty.[1]

Etymology 2

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Verb

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hault (third-person singular simple present haults, present participle haulting, simple past and past participle haulted)

  1. Obsolete spelling of halt.

References

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Anagrams

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Luxembourgish

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Verb

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hault

  1. third-person singular present indicative of haulen
  2. second-person plural present indicative of haulen
  3. second-person plural imperative of haulen

Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French haut, halt, from a conflation of Latin altus and Frankish *hauh, *hōh (high, tall, elevated).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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hault m (feminine singular haulte, masculine plural hauls, feminine plural haultes)

  1. high; high up
  2. (figuratively) high; elevated

Descendants

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  • French: haut