The meaning of HAUTE is fashionable, high-class. How to use haute in a sentence.

HAUTE definition: high-class or high-toned; fancy. See examples of haute used in a sentence.

Oct 5, 2025 · haute (comparative more haute, superlative most haute) high (especially in terms of fashion, cookery or anything considered to be typically French)

1. high-class or high-toned; fancy: an haute restaurant. 2. high; elevated; upper.

Word origin [1780–90; generalized from haute couture, haute cuisine, etc.; ‹ F, fem. of haut lit., high; see haughty]

French, feminine of haut literally, high; see haughty 1780–90; generalized from haute couture, haute cuisine, etc; 'haute' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or …

The Ville Haute, which is reached by staircases and steep narrow thoroughfares, is intersected by a long, quiet street, bordered by houses of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.