alta-costura

Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of French haute couture.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.tɐ kosˈtu.ɾɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.tɐ kosˈtu.ɾɐ]

• (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

• “alta-costura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “alta-costura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024