haut, haute1

A. adj

• 1 high; tall l'étagère la plus haute = the top shelf à haute voix [speak] = loudly; [read] = aloud, out loud à haut risque = very risky au plus haut point = immensely Definition of high in the British & World English dictionary Definition of high in the US English dictionary Translate high | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2 [rank, society] high; [person, post] high-ranking haute surveillance = close supervision Definition of high in the British & World English dictionary Definition of high in the US English dictionary Translate high | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 3 (in geography) upper la haute Égypte = Upper Egypt Definition of upper in the British & World English dictionary Definition of upper in the US English dictionary Translate upper | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 4le haut Moyen Âge = the early Middle Ages

B. adv

• 1 high un personnage haut placé = a high-ranking person plus haut sur la page = higher up on the page ‘voir plus haut’ = see above de haut = from above Definition of high in the British & World English dictionary Definition of high in the US English dictionary Translate high | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2 (in time) far back

• 3 loud(ly) dire qch tout haut = to say sth aloud n'avoir jamais un mot plus haut que l'autre = never to raise one's voice Definition of loud in the British & World English dictionary Definition of loud in the US English dictionary Translate loud | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

C. nm

• 1 top le haut du corps = the top half of the body l'étagère du haut = the top shelf les pièces du haut = the upstairs rooms parler du haut d'un balcon = to speak from a balcony Definition of top in the British & World English dictionary Definition of top in the US English dictionary Translate top | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2faire 50 mètres de haut = to be 50 metres (GB) high

D. phr

• upstairs; on an upper floor en haut de = at the top of Definition of upstairs in the British & World English dictionary Definition of upstairs in the US English dictionary Translate upstairs | into German | into Italian | into Spanish