hautain

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French hautain.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

hautain (comparative hautainer, superlative hautainst)

1. haughty, supercilious

Inflection

Declension 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	—

Finnish

Alternative forms

• hautojen

Noun

hautain

1. (dated) genitive plural of hauta

Anagrams

• tiuhaan

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French altaigne; morphologically, from haut +‎ -ain.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /o.tɛ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

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

1. haughty, supercilious

Descendants

• → Dutch: hautain

See also

• prendre de haut

Further reading

• “hautain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Hainaut

Norman

Etymology

Inherited from Old French altaigne.

Adjective

hautain m

1. (Jersey) haughty

Related terms

• haut