"haute couture" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əʊt kuːˈtjʊə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-haute couture.wav
enPR: ōt-ko͞o-tyo͝orʹ Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French haute couture (“haute couture, high fashion”), from haute (“high, elegant”) + couture (“sewing”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|haute couture||haute couture, high fashion}} Unadapted borrowing from French haute couture (“haute couture, high fashion”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|nolinkhead=1}} haute couture (uncountable)
  1. High fashion as produced in Paris and imitated in other fashion capitals such as New York, London, and Milan. Tags: uncountable
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  2. The fashion houses or fashion designers that create exclusive and often trendsetting fashions. Tags: uncountable Translations (fashion houses or designers): alta costura [feminine] (Catalan), haute couture [feminine] (Dutch), huippumuoti (Finnish), a nagy/vezető divatcégek/divatházak/divattervezők (Hungarian), alta costura [feminine] (Portuguese), alta costura [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-haute_couture-en-noun-Na5cUJ6H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 40 26 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 39 27 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 30 37 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 34 31 28 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 30 28 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 31 28 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 34 32 30 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 38 27 5 Disambiguation of 'fashion houses or designers': 17 66 11 6
  3. Any unique stylish design made to order for wealthy and high-status clients. Tags: uncountable Translations (stylish design): haute couture [feminine] (Dutch), huippumuoti (Finnish), მაღალი მოდა (maɣali moda) (Georgian), divatos ruha (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-haute_couture-en-noun-MU6Wyzog Categories (other): English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 30 37 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 34 31 28 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 30 28 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 31 28 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 34 32 30 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 38 27 5 Disambiguation of 'stylish design': 4 4 89 2
  4. French fashion. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Fashion Translations (French fashion): Franse mode [feminine] (Dutch), ranskalainen muoti (Finnish), francia divat (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-haute_couture-en-noun-zZwnTtwy Disambiguation of Fashion: 32 24 0 43 Disambiguation of 'French fashion': 5 5 0 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exclusive fashion, high fashion, high style Derived forms: couture Translations: haute couture [feminine] (Dutch), haute couture (Finnish), მაღალი მოდა (maɣali moda) (Georgian), előkelő/párizsi divat (Hungarian)

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      "word": "ranskalainen muoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "French fashion",
      "word": "francia divat"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "haute couture"
  ],
  "word": "haute couture"
}
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  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'high fashion produced in Paris', 2: 'high fashion'}",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
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