couture

cou·ture  (k-tr, -tür)

n.

1. The business of designing, making, and selling highly fashionable, usually custom-made clothing for women.

2. Dressmakers and fashion designers considered as a group.

3. The high-fashion clothing created by designers.

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[French, sewing, from Old French cousture, from Vulgar Latin *cnstra, from Latin cnsuere, cnst-, to sew together : com-, com- + suere, to sew; see sy- in Indo-European roots.]

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couture [kuːˈtʊə (French) kutyr]

n

(Clothing & Fashion)

a.  high-fashion designing and dressmaking

b.  (as modifier) couture clothes

[from French: sewing, dressmaking, from Old French cousture seam, from Latin consuere to stitch together, from suere to sew]

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couture

the art and practice of dressmaking and designing. — couturier, couturière, n.

See also: Clothing

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

couture - high fashion designing and dressmaking dressmaking - the craft of making dresses

Translations

couture [kuːˈtjʊəʳ] N → alta costura f

couture [kuˈtjʊə^r kuˈtʊə^r]

n (= haute couture) → haute couture f

modif [collection, house, show] → de haute couture

couture

n → Couture f

couture [kuːˈtʊəʳ] n → couture f inv