adjective
- fashionable among wealthy or influential people; high-class
Usage: from French; often used in compound terms
Examples
- She wore a dress from a haute couture designer.
- The restaurant serves haute cuisine to discerning diners.
- Paris is known as the center of haute fashion.
- The hotel caters to the haute bourgeoisie.
- He studied at a school popular with the haute monde.
- The gallery features haute art from contemporary masters.