adjective/o/
high; tall; early
“la plus haute antiquité”
Inherited from Middle French hault, from Old French haut, halt (“high, tall, elevated”), a conflation of Frankish *hauh, *hōh (“high, tall, elevated”) and Latin altus (“high, raised, profound”). Akin to Old High German hōh (“high, tall, elevated”). More at high, haughty.
adverb/o/
high
Related: haut et fort, haut la main, haut les cœurs, haut les mains, haut placé, haut-le-cœur, ne pas voler haut, pendre haut et court, péter plus haut que son cul, tout haut
Inherited from Middle French hault, from Old French haut, halt (“high, tall, elevated”), a conflation of Frankish *hauh, *hōh (“high, tall, elevated”) and Latin altus (“high, raised, profound”). Akin to Old High German hōh (“high, tall, elevated”). More at high, haughty.
noun, masculine/o/plural: hauts
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Related: en haut, en haut de, haut de gamme, haut du panier, prendre de haut, tenir le haut du pavé, tomber de haut
Inherited from Middle French hault, from Old French haut, halt (“high, tall, elevated”), a conflation of Frankish *hauh, *hōh (“high, tall, elevated”) and Latin altus (“high, raised, profound”). Akin to Old High German hōh (“high, tall, elevated”). More at high, haughty.