hautain

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French hautain.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hautain (comparative hautainer, superlative hautainst)

  1. haughty, supercilious

Inflection

Declension of hautain
uninflected hautain
inflected hautaine
comparative hautainer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial hautain hautainer het hautainst
het hautainste
indefinite m./f. sing. hautaine hautainere hautainste
n. sing. hautain hautainer hautainste
plural hautaine hautainere hautainste
definite hautaine hautainere hautainste
partitive hautains hautainers

French

Etymology

From Old French altaign; morphologically, from haut +‎ -ain.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hautain (feminine hautaine, masculine plural hautains, feminine plural hautaines)

  1. haughty, supercilious

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Norman

Etymology

From haut (high).

Adjective

hautain m

  1. (Jersey) haughty