First Known Use: 1908
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haute couture
noun haute cou·ture \ˌōt-ku̇-ˈtu̇r\
: the people and companies that create clothes that are very expensive and fashionable; also : the clothes they create
Full Definition of HAUTE COUTURE
: the houses or designers that create exclusive and often trend-setting fashions for women; also : the fashions created
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Origin of HAUTE COUTURE
French, literally, high sewing
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Rhymes with HAUTE COUTURE
amateur, aperture, armature, blackamoor, carrefour, carte du jour, coinsure, commissure, confiture, connoisseur, coverture, curvature, cynosure, embouchure, epicure, filature, forfeiture, garniture, geniture, green-manure, immature, insecure, ligature, manicure, overture, paramour, pedicure, plat du jour, portraiture, prelature, premature, quadrature, reassure, Reaumur, reinsure, saboteur, sepulture, sequitur, signature, simon-pure, sinecure, soup du jour, tablature, temperature, to be sure, troubadour, white amur, Yom Kippur
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