hautain

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French hautain.

Pronunciation

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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

Noun

hautain

  1. (dated) genitive plural of hauta

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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