alta-costura

Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of French haute couture.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.tɐ kosˈtu.ɾɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.tɐ kosˈtu.ɾɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈaw.tɐ koʃˈtu.ɾɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.tɐ koʃˈtu.ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.ta kosˈtu.ɾa/ [ˈaʊ̯.ta kosˈtu.ɾa]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈal.tɐ kuʃˈtu.ɾɐ/ [ˈaɫ.tɐ kuʃˈtu.ɾɐ]

  • Rhymes: -uɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: al‧ta-cos‧tu‧ra

Noun

alta-costura f (uncountable)

  1. haute couture (activity of creating exclusive clothing models, usually made specifically for a client)
  2. haute couture (industry producing this type of clothing)
  3. haute couture (set of great seamstresses)

Further reading

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