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hautainement

French, adverb/o.tɛn.mɑ̃/

hautainement is a French adverb meaning “haughtily, superciliously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière hautaine”.

What does hautainement mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    haughtily, superciliously

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. D’une manière hautaine.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of hautainement

  • ^((h aspiré))\o.tɛn.mɑ̃\ invariable

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce hautainement?

  • /o.tɛn.mɑ̃/
  • ^((h aspiré))\o.tɛn.mɑ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to hautainement

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.