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haut

/ˈhɔːt/

haut adjective: haughty. Also the alternative form of hauth.

Adjective

haut (comparative more haut, superlative most haut)

  1. (obsolete) Haughty.
    • nations proud and haut1648, John Milton, Psalm LXXX
  2. (obsolete) Having high standards or quality.
    • My ſcole is more ſolem and ſomwhat more hautec. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.

Proper noun capitalized: Haut

Haut (plural Hauts)

  1. A surname from German.

Also used as

haut is also the alternative form of hauth.

Forms of haut

Adjective
comparativemore haut
superlativemost haut
alternative pronunciation-spellinghawt
alternative form (obsolete)haught
alternative form (obsolete)haute
Noun
pluralhauts
Proper noun
pluralHauts

Origin of haut

From Middle English haut, hawt, haute, from Old French haut, halt.

Borrowed from German Haut.

Phrases with haut

Words that rhyme with haut

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Questions about haut

What does haut mean?
Haut means haughty.
What part of speech is haut?
Haut can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce haut?
Haut is pronounced /ˈhɔːt/.

Words near haut in the dictionary

  1. haustrum
  2. Hauswald
  3. Hauswalds
  4. Hauswirth
  5. Hauswirths
  6. haut
  7. haut gout
  8. haut monde
  9. haut ton
  10. haut-boy
  11. haut-boys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haut (page history and authors); Haut (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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