hautain

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French hautain.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hautain (comparative hautainer, superlative hautainst)

  1. haughty, supercilious

Declension

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑu̯tɑi̯n/, [ˈhɑ̝u̯t̪ɑ̝i̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑutɑin
  • Syllabification(key): hau‧tain
  • Hyphenation(key): hau‧tain

Noun

hautain

  1. (rare) genitive plural of hauta

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /o.tɛ̃/
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Adjective

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

  1. haughty, supercilious

Descendants

  • Dutch: hautain

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

Inherited from Old French altaigne.

Adjective

hautain m

  1. (Jersey) haughty