adj.
1. To excel at being fabulous in every appropriately trend-setting way possible, adapting to the ebb and flow of social consciousness and the popular status quo, enhancing ones natural beauty in the process.

n.
2. a barometer of sensuality and fashion.
"She looked kinda' haute in her myspace pic, but she turned out to be a psycho-hosebeast."
by they all have sharp knees February 28, 2005
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1. Used to describe something that is 'hot'; NOT Paris Hilton 'hot' juss haute; used by people who said the phrase before Paris Hilton banned anyone else saying it.
A friend: "How's this top look with this micromini?"

You: "Thats haute."
by Carrie August 21, 2005
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Past hawt, shmexy, seckzy, secksy and secksi combined, haute is the only way to describe tons of celebrities who are so hot they almost knock you over when you see them.

Also another expression used in the same way as hot; could also be used to describe erotic or semi-erotic situations (much like the word hot tends to do).
Some really haute celebrities are: Jake Gyllenhaal, Adam Levine, Ewan McGregor and about a million others.

Oh my god, guys, wouldn't it be so haute if those two started holding hands? THEY'RE HOLDING HANDS IN MY MIND! LOOK GUYS LOOK!
by Mr. Squakity April 7, 2005
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Noir culture designed for the refined classes that is comprised of architectural pieces and other immutable objects that comprise a tableau; contrasted with "low noir" items such as pulp fiction novels and other disposable consumer-oriented items.
High church cathedrals are a predecessor to haute noir as they are immutable pieces of gothic architecture designed for the Catholic church.
by tomorrowtomorrow September 21, 2016
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Girls who are really plain but look hot because of their clothes, sense of fashion. You see these girls every where. In the mall, at parties, at school. They hang around with other haute girls and collectively look hot. Some of them have really beautiful girl friends and look hotter in their company. The have an active social life, they're rich and wear clothes straight out of a fashion catalog. Men are attracted to them but they're never sure why. Confused guys hit on them, then back off, then hit on them again. In bed, these girls look best clothed. So happy dry sex.
Sam: Wow! Those girls are strangely attractive.
Mike: Damn Haute Pussy!

Sam: I think I should ask her out.
Mike: Why??!!
Sam: Not sure. I guess she looks kinda hot in that dress.
Mike: Yeah. She's just haute pussy.
by samsaran May 16, 2013
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A city in Indiana known for it's astonomical high meth lab rates, prostitution rings, and horrible horrible smell in the Southern part of the city. It was also nicknamed "Sin city" by Time magazine decades ago. The cities moto is "A Level Above" but sadly the only thing it is above is a pile of elephant feces.
There is a horrible smell in the air, a prostitute on the corner, and a meth lab down the street....I must be in Terre Haute!

by Mayor Kevin Burke June 22, 2006
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French term refering to the extravagant and often absurd and impractically unrealistic fashion pieces that designers create to demonstrate their unique style and inventiveness.

Proper pronunciation can be tricky; haute is somewhere between ought and oat, pronounced quickly so that the o is highly unrounded ("oh", if held long enough, ends up sounding like a /oo/). couture is pronounced ko'tur with a highly unrounded 'o', a 'u' that sounds almost like a german umlaut, and an 'r' made in a way similar to gargling.

Alternatively, you could pronounce it in a very American fashion as 'ought kuh-ter'.

See also: couture
You can find plenty of haute couture in Parisian shops.
by koji May 23, 2004
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