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couture

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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.

[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.]

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]

couture
the art and practice of dressmaking and designing. — couturier, couturière, n.
See also: Clothing
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.couturecouture - high fashion designing and dressmaking
dressmaking - the craft of making dresses
Translations
couture [kuːˈtjʊəʳ] Nalta costura f
couture [kuˈtjʊər kuˈtʊər]
n (= haute couture) → haute couture f
modif [collection, house, show] → de haute couture
couture
nCouture f
couture [kuːˈtʊəʳ] ncouture f inv
couture [kuːˈtʊəʳ] ncouture f inv


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