alta-costura
Portuguese, noun/ˈaw.tɐ kosˈtu.ɾɐ/
alta-costura is spelled A-L-T-A-C-O-S-T-U-R-A (11 letters). Alta-costura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “haute couture (activity of creating exclusive clothing models, usually made specifically for a client)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “criação e confecção de vestimentas sofisticadas e de luxo”.
What does alta-costura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehaute couture (activity of creating exclusive clothing models, usually made specifically for a client)
- 2
femininehaute couture (industry producing this type of clothing)
- 3
femininehaute couture (set of great seamstresses)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. criação e confecção de vestimentas sofisticadas e de luxo 2. o conjunto dos grandes costureiros
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce alta-costura?
- Brazil /ˈaw.tɐ kosˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ˈaʊ̯.tɐ kosˈtu.ɾɐ]
- /ˈaw.tɐ koʃˈtu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.