COUTURE


Meaning of COUTURE in English

/ kuˈtjʊə(r); NAmE -ˈtʊr/ noun

[ U ] (from French ) the design and production of expensive and fashionable clothes; these clothes :

a couture evening dress

—see also haute couture

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WORD ORIGIN

1920s: French , sewing, dressmaking .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.