haut(e), le haut

haut(e), le haut (FR ADJ) high, having a certain vertical dimension; elevated above the norm, or above a comparison level; strong, large, intense; important; (time) closer to the source; intense; loud; expensive; eminent; above average; very large. (N-M) height, the vertical dimension of something; altitude; upper portion of something; the summit. First appears in French in the 11th century spelled halt, frm Latin altus. (Eluard, Fargue, Ravel, Renard, Ronsard, Silvestre, Verlaine, Villon…