couture
See also: Couture
English
Etymology
Ellipsis of haute couture, ultimately from French couture.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kuːˈtjʊə/, /kuːˈtʃʊə/
- (US) enPR: ko͞o-to͝orʹ, IPA(key): /kuˈtʊɹ/
Noun
couture (countable and uncountable, plural coutures)
- (fashion) The production of high-end, custom-made clothing
- 2007, Cally Blackman, 100 Years of Fashion Illustration, →ISBN, page 166:
- It was the branding of these products, rather than the couture itself, that would become the foundation of the industry, generating huge global sales by the last quarter of the century.
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Derived terms
- couturist
- couture house
Related terms
- couturier
- couturial
- haute couture
French
Etymology
From Old French costure, from Vulgar Latin *cōnsutūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from cōnsuō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.tyʁ/
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Noun
couture f (plural coutures)
- sewing
- dressmaking
- seam
- (medical) stitches
- scar
Derived terms
- bas couture
- battre à plate couture
- couturier
- haute couture
Related terms
- coudre
- cousu
Descendants
- English: couture
Further reading
- “couture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.