See bespoke in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ipa": "/bəˈspoʊk/",
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "a mida (locution)"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dìngzuò de",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "定做的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dìngzhì de",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "定製的 /定制的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "na míru"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "zakázkový"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "op maat gemaakt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "räätälöity"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "yksilöllinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "erikoisvalmisteinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "mitta-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "mittatilaus-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "mittojen mukaan tehty"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "taillé à sa mesure"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "fait sur mesure"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "personnalisé"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "á medida"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "personalizado"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "maßgeschneidert"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "su misura"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "atsurae no",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "あつらえの"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "skreddersydd"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "spesialtilpasset"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "uszyty na miarę"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "sob medida"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdélannyj/izgotóvlennyj na zakáz",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "сде́ланный/изгото́вленный на зака́з"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "a medida (locution)"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "personalizado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "customizado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "tuneado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "skräddarsydd"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "individually or custom-made",
"word": "ısmarlama"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "must be followed by a specific product",
"roman": "dìngzuò de",
"sense": "relating to someone who makes custom-made products",
"word": "定做的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dìngzhì de",
"sense": "relating to someone who makes custom-made products",
"word": "定製的 /定制的"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to someone who makes custom-made products",
"word": "tilaustöitä tekevä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to someone who makes custom-made products",
"word": "mittatilaustöitä tekevä"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relating to someone who makes custom-made products",
"word": "personalizante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relating to someone who makes custom-made products",
"word": "customizante"
}
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"etymology_text": "In sense “custom-made”, 1755, from earlier bespoken (c. 1600), form of bespeak, in sense “arrange beforehand” (1580s), a prefixed variant of speak; compare order, made-to-order.",
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}
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}
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