couture
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cou·ture
(kū-tʊr', -tür') 
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n.
- The business of designing, making, and selling highly fashionable, usually custom-made clothing for women.
- Dressmakers and fashion designers considered as a group.
- The high-fashion clothing created by designers.
[French, sewing, from Old French cousture, from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsuere, cōnsūt-, to sew together : com-, com- + suere, to sew.]
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Couture may refer to:
Places in France
- Couture, Charente, in the Charente département
- Couture-d'Argenson, in the Deux-Sèvres département
- Couture-sur-Loir, in the Loir-et-Cher département
- Couture crater and Lac Couture, an impact crater and the lake that covers it in Quebec, Canada
People
- Dani Couture (born 1978), Canadian writer
- Gerry Couture (1925-1994), Canadian hockey player
- Guillaume Couture (1617/18–1701), lay missionary, diplomat and militia captain in New France
- Logan Couture (born 1989), Canadian hockey player
- Maurice Couture (born 1926), former Archbishop of Québec
- Randy Couture (born 1963), American mixed martial arts fighter
- Rosario Couture (1905-1986), Canadian hockey player
- Thomas Couture (1815–1879), French history painter
See also
- Haute couture
- La Couture (disambiguation), locations in France
- Culture (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "Couture"
- All pages with titles containing "Couture"
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Couture
Dansk (Danish)
n. - modedesign
Nederlands (Dutch)
haute couture
Français (French)
n. - couture
Deutsch (German)
n. - Couture, Haute Couture, (für die Mode tonangebende Schneiderkunst)
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ραπτική, μοδιστρική
Português (Portuguese)
n. - alta costura (f)
idioms:
- haute couture ateliê (m) de alta costura
idioms:
- haute couture высокая мода
Español (Spanish)
n. - alta costura
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - modeskapande
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
女装设计师, 女装店
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 女裝設計師, 女裝店
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 婦人服飾業, ドレスメーカー
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) تصميم أو ابتكار الأزياء, فن الخياطه الرفيعه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חייטות אופנה, הלבשה
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