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hautaineté

French, noun/o.tɛn.te/

hautaineté is a French feminine noun meaning “haughtiness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère hautain”.

What does hautaineté mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininehaughtiness

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Caractère hautain.

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 hautaineté

  • hautainetés plural
  • ^((h aspiré))\o.tɛn.te\ singular plural

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

How do you pronounce hautaineté?

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

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

English words that translate to hautaineté

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