haute couture

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French haute couture (“haute couture, high fashion”), from haute (“high, elegant”) + couture (“sewing”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əʊt kuːˈtjʊə/ enPR: ōt-ko͞o-tyo͝orʹ, ōt-ko͞o-türʹ === Noun === haute couture (uncountable) High fashion as produced in Paris and imitated in other fashion capitals such as New York, London, and Milan. The fashion houses or fashion designers that create exclusive and often trendsetting fashions. Any unique stylish design made to order for wealthy and high-status clients. French fashion. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ot ku.tyʁ/ === Noun === haute couture f (uncountable) (fashion) haute couture, high fashion ==== Descendants ==== English: haute couture → Indonesian: adibusana (calque) Japanese: オートクチュール (ōto kuchūru) → Portuguese: alta-costura (calque) → Spanish: alta costura (calque) == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French haute couture (“haute couture, high fashion”). === Noun === haute couture (fashion) haute couture, exclusive fashion, high fashion, high style Synonym: adibusana === Further reading === “haute couture”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016