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hautaineté
noun, feminine
haughtiness
hautbois
noun, masculine
oboe; oboist
hautbois baryton
noun, masculine
bass oboe, baritone oboe
hautbois d'amour
noun, feminine
oboe d'amore
hautboïste
noun, masculine/feminine
oboist
haute
noun, feminine
high society
haute bourgeoisie
noun, feminine
upper middle class
haute couture
noun, feminine
haute couture, high fashion
haute finance
noun, feminine
high finance
haute main
noun, feminine
overall control; ease
haute mer
noun, feminine
open sea, open water; high sea; international waters, high seas
haute montagne
noun, feminine
high mountains
haute noblesse
noun, feminine
the high nobility
haute saison
noun, feminine
high season, peak season (in the tourist industry, the period of highest demand)
haute société
noun, feminine
high society
haute trahison
noun, feminine
high treason (criminal disloyalty to one's country)
haute voltige
noun, feminine
acrobatics
haute école
noun, feminine
Very academic, high-level, equitation style school of higher education; a school of higher education, academic but not ranked as a university
haute-contre
noun, masculine/feminine
The highest of the male modal voices. Only specified as a separate voice part in French Baroque repertoire.
haute-fidélité
noun, feminine
high fidelity
hauteforme
noun, masculine
top hat
hautement
adverb
highly, very
hautes sphères
noun, feminine
higher spheres, higher circles, upper echelons
hautesse
noun, feminine
The title given to a sultan
hauteur
noun, feminine
height, altitude; arrogance; height; pitch
hauteur de vanité
noun, feminine
vanity height
hauteur de vue
noun, feminine
perspective, distance; magnanimity, high-minded point of view
hautgoût
noun, masculine
haut gout
hauturier
adjective
high-sea
havanais
adjective
Havanan
havane
noun, masculine
Havana cigar
haveur
noun, masculine
a miner who loosens rock and minerals in a mine, hewer
havir
verb
to singe
havisses
verb
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of havir
havoir
verb
rare spelling of avoir
havrais
adjective
of, from or relating to the port city of Le Havre, Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France
havre
noun, masculine
harbour (UK, Ireland, and the Commonwealth) / harbor (US); haven
havre de paix
noun, masculine
haven of peace, oasis of calm, harbor of refuge, bolthole
havresac
noun, masculine
haversack
hawaiien
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of hawaïen
hawaiien
adjective
alternative spelling of hawaïen
hawaïen
adjective
Hawaiian
hawaïen
noun, masculine
Hawaiian, the Hawaiian language
haydnien
adjective
Haydnian
hayir
verb
obsolete spelling of haïr
hayon
noun, masculine
hatchback
hazard
noun, masculine
archaic spelling of hasard, chiefly used before 1800
haïda
noun, masculine
Haida (language)
haïda
adjective
Haida
haïdamak
noun, masculine
haydamak
haïe
interjection
a wagoner's cry to make their horses move faster; giddyup
haïk
noun, masculine
haik
haïkaï
noun, masculine
haikai
haïkiste
noun, masculine/feminine
a haikuist, a haiku writer
haïku
noun, masculine
haiku (Japanese poem)
haïr
verb
to hate
haïssable
adjective
hatable, detestable, insufferable, unbearable, worthy of being hated; mischievous
haïsses
verb
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of haïr
haïsseur
noun, masculine
one who hates; a hater
haïtien
adjective
of Haiti; Haitian