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haute

adjective \ˈōt\

Definition of HAUTE

: fashionable, high-class <haute interior decorators> <a store filled with haute kitsch>

Variants of HAUTE

haute also haut \ˈōt, ˈō\

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Origin of HAUTE

French

First Known Use: 1787

Rhymes with HAUTE

bloat, boat, coat, cote, dote, float, gloat, goat, groat, moat, mote, note, oat, quote, rote, shoat, stoat, throat, tote, vote

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