couture

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UK/kuːˈtjʊə/UK/kuːˈtʃʊə/US/kuˈtʊɹ/

noun

The production of high-end, custom-made clothing.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

couture1

nouncouture (countable and uncountable, plural coutures)

plural coutures

  1. countableuncountablefashionThe production of high-end, custom-made clothing.

    Anyway, there are only a few hundred clients in the world who regularly buy couture, including Middle Eastern royalty and American businesswomen.

    2018 June 30, Vanessa Friedman, “Why We Cover High Fashion”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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    It was the branding of these products, rather than the couture itself, that would become the foundation of the industry, generating huge global sales by the last quarter of the century.

    2007, Cally Blackman, 100 Years of Fashion Illustration, →ISBN, page 166

Couture2

proper nounCouture (plural Coutures)

plural Coutures

Origin

couture · noun

  1. Frenchcouture
  2. Englishcouture

Ellipsis of haute couture, ultimately from French couture.

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Couture · proper noun

  1. FrenchCouture
  2. EnglishCouture

Borrowed from French Couture.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

couture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/couture

MLA

“couture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/couture. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “couture,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/couture.

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