/ ˌəʊt kuˈtjʊə(r); NAmE ˌoʊt kuˈtʊr/ noun
[ U ] (from French ) the business of making fashionable and expensive clothes for women; the clothes made in this business
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WORD ORIGIN
French , literally high dressmaking .
/ ˌəʊt kuˈtjʊə(r); NAmE ˌoʊt kuˈtʊr/ noun
[ U ] (from French ) the business of making fashionable and expensive clothes for women; the clothes made in this business
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WORD ORIGIN
French , literally high dressmaking .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005