hautain

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French hautain.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hautain (comparative hautainer, superlative hautainst)

1. haughty, supercilious

Inflection

Inflection of hautain
uninflected	hautain
inflected	hautaine
comparative	hautainer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		hautain	hautainer	het hautainst het hautainste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	hautaine	hautainere	hautainste
	n. sing.	hautain	hautainer	hautainste
	plural	hautaine	hautainere	hautainste
definite		hautaine	hautainere	hautainste
partitive		hautains	hautainers	—

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French

Etymology

From Old French altaign; morphologically, from haut +‎ -ain.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /o.tɛ̃/

Adjective

hautain (feminine singular hautaine, masculine plural hautains, feminine plural hautaines)

1. haughty, supercilious

Descendants

• → Dutch: hautain

Further reading

• “hautain” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Hainaut

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Norman

Etymology

From haut (“high”).

Adjective

hautain m

1. (Jersey) haughty