Haute

Haute

Haute may refer to:
*Haute, meaning "high" in French
**Haute Cour of Jerusalem (High Court) (12th century), feudal council of the kingdom of Jerusalem
**Haute couture (French for "high sewing" or "high dressmaking"), the creation of exclusive custom-fitted fashions
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**Haute culture, term sometimes used in general media as a definition for cultural activities or items that achieve the highest standards
**Haute cuisine (literally "high cooking" in French) or grande cuisine, the cooking of the grand restaurants and hotels of the western world
**Haute Qualité Environnementale (High Quality Environmental standard), a standard for green building in France
**Haute Route (or the High Route or Mountaineers' Route), the name given to a cross-country route running between Chamonix, France and Zermatt, Switzerland
**Haute Tension also UK:Switchblade Romance, USA:High Tension (or H.T.), a French slasher film originally released in France during 2003
*Terre Haute (novel), a 1989 novel by Will Aitken

Places

;Central African Republic
*Haute-Kotto, one of the 14 prefectures of the Central African Republic;France
*Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, a French department in the south of France
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**Haute-Provence Observatory, established in 1937 as a national facility for French astronomers
*Haute-Corse, a French department, constituting the northern part of the island of Corsica
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*Haute-Garonne, a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river
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*Haute-Loire, a department in south-central France named after the Loire River
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*Haute-Marne, a department in the northeast of France named after the Marne River
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*Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy), one of the 26 regions of France, created in 1956, when Normandy was divided
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*Haute-Saône, a French department, named after the Saône River
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*Haute-Savoie (English: "Upper Savoy"), French department, named for its location in the Alps mountain range
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*Haute-Vienne, a French department named after the Vienne River
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;USA
*Terre Haute, Indiana, a city in Vigo County
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**Terre Haute International Airport, a public airport located 5 miles (8 km) east of the city of Terre Haute
**West Terre Haute, Indiana, a town in Vigo County, Indiana, on the western side of the Wabash River
*Terre Haute, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in the United States


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  • haute — haute …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • haute — → haut (I, C) ● haut, haute adjectif (latin populaire haltus, du latin classique altus, avec l influence du germanique hôh) Qui a telle dimension dans le sens vertical : Un mur haut de trois mètres. Sa maison est moins haute que la nôtre. Qui a… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • *haute — ● haute nom féminin Familier. La haute, les classes riches de la société. ● haute (expressions) nom féminin Familier. La haute, les classes riches de la société. ● haute (homonymes) nom féminin hôte nom masculin ôte forme conjuguée du verbe ôter… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Häute — ist eine preisgekrönte Erzählung von Feridun Zaimoğlu. Erstmals abgedruckt wurde sie 2004 in dem Erzählband Zwölf Gramm Glück zusammen mit weiteren Erzählungen des Autors. Bereits 2003 wurde sie mit dem Ingeborg Bachmann Preis der Jury… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • haute — (del fr. «haute», alta) m. Heráld. *Escudo de armas donde se pintan las armas de distintos linajes. * * * haute. (Del fr. haute, alta). m. Heráld. Escudo de armas adornado de cota, donde se pintan las armas de distintos linajes, las unas… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • haute — COUTURE s.f. (Franţuzism) Croitorie creativă de modă. ♦ Croitorie de lux. [pron. ot cutür. / < fr. haute couture – înaltă croitorie]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 20.04.2005. Sursa: DN  HAUTE COUTURE [OT CUTÜR] s. f. croitorie de lux. (< fr.… …   Dicționar Român

  • Haute — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Philippe van Haute (* 1957), belgischer Psychoanalytiker und Philosoph Ferdi Van Den Haute (* 1952), belgischer Radrennfahrer Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung m …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • haute — /ot/ s.f., fr. [ellissi di haute société ], solo al sing. [insieme delle persone ricche e importanti: alla festa era presente tutta la h. romana ] ▶◀ alta società, bel (o gran) mondo, crema, élite, high society, jet set. ‖ aristocrazia. ◀▶ (spreg …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • haute — (adj.) French, lit. high, fem. of haut (see HAUGHT (Cf. haught)). Haute bourgeoisie the (French) upper middle class is from 1888 …   Etymology dictionary

  • haute — (Del fr. haute, alta). m. Heráld. Escudo de armas adornado de cota, donde se pintan las armas de distintos linajes, las unas enteramente descubiertas y las otras la mitad solo, como que lo que falta lo encubre la parte ya pintada …   Diccionario de la lengua española

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