German

Noun

Haut f ‎(genitive Haut, plural Häute, diminutive Häutchen n)

1. skin, hide of a person, animal or (part of a) plant
   • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg (Berlin: S. Fischer, 1929), p. 346:

     "Von der Haut? Interessieren Sie sich für Physiologie?"

     About the skin? You're interested in physiology?

2. (by extension, metonymically) a creature, especially a person

   brave Haut‎

   brave person

3. skin (membrane found on the surface of an object, like a sausage)

Declension

Synonyms

• Fell, Pelz

Derived terms

• auf der faulen Haut liegen
• dünnhäutig
• häuten
• Hautfarbe
• Hautrötung
• Hautausschlag
• Gänsehaut
• Apfelsinenhaut
• Schrumpelhaut

See also

• Haar

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German hūt, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haut/
  • Rhymes: -ɑʊt
  • Homophone: haut

Noun

Haut f ‎(plural Hait)

1. skin

English

Adjective

haut ‎(comparative more haut, superlative most haut)

1. (obsolete) Haughty.
   • Nations proud and haut. — Milton.

Finnish

Noun

haut

1. plural of haku

Anagrams

• uhat

French

Etymology

From Middle French hault, from Old French haut, halt ‎(“high, tall, elevated”), a conflation of Frankish *hauh, *hōh ‎(“high, tall, elevated”) and Latin altus ‎(“high, raised, profound”). Akin to Old High German hōh ‎(“high, tall, elevated”). More at high, haughty.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /o/
• Rhymes: -o
• Homophones: au, aux, eau, eaux, hauts, ô

Adjective

haut m ‎(feminine singular haute, masculine plural hauts, feminine plural hautes)

1. high
2. tall

Adverb

haut

1. high

Noun

haut m ‎(plural hauts)

1. top

Usage notes

• The aspirated, or Germanic, h precludes elision: la haute cuisine.

Derived terms

• en haut de
• en haut
• haut-le-cœur

Related terms

• hausser

Anagrams

• huât

German

Verb

haut

1. Second-person plural present of hauen.
2. Third-person singular present of hauen.
3. Imperative plural of hauen.

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German hūt, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haʊ̯t/

Noun

haut

1. skin; hide
   • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, Associação Internacional de Lingüística – SIL Brasil, page 30:

     praut, kaul, haut – noiva, cavalo, pele

     bride, horse, skin – bride, horse, skin

     (note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese)

Latin

Alternative forms

• hau, haud

Adverb

haut ‎(not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of haud

References

• haut in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• haut in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “haut”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Probably from Old High German (*)hiudu, northern variant of hiutu, though the vocalism is irregular. Similar forms exist in many Moselle Franconian dialects alongside regular forms. Cognate with German heute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑʊt/
  • Rhymes: -ɑʊt
  • Homophone: Haut

Adverb

haut

1. today

Related terms

• hautdesdaags

Norman

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French hault, haut, halt ‎(“high, tall, elevated”), a conflation of Frankish *hauh, *hōh ‎(“high, tall, elevated”) and Latin altus ‎(“high, raised, profound”).

Adjective

haut m

1. (Jersey) high

Alternative forms

• haout (Guernsey)

Derived terms

• haute tchaîse ‎(“highchair”)

Etymology 2

Noun

haut ? ‎(plural hauts)

1. (Jersey) school shark (Galeorhinus galeus)

Alternative forms

• haû (Jersey)
• ĥa (France)

Synonyms

• tchian d'mé

Old French

Etymology

From a conflation of Latin altus and Frankish *hauh, *hōh ‎(“high, tall, elevated”).

Adjective

haut m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular haute)

1. high (elevated)

Adverb

haut

1. high