bespoke

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bɪˈspəʊk/
• (US) IPA: /bəˈspoʊk/
• Rhymes: -əʊk

Verb

bespoke

1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of bespeak

Adjective

bespoke (not comparable)

1. Individually or custom made.

   • 2012 August 1, Ed Yong, “Replacement Parts”, The Scientist, accessed on 2012-08-12:

     … others are attempting the more ambitious feat of engineering bespoke human organs from scratch.

   • 2001 October 1, Robin Osborne, “Why Did Athenian Pots Appeal to the Etruscans?”, JSTOR, accessed on 2013-04-25:

     Were Athenian pots bespoke, bearing images requested by Etruscans?

Synonyms

• custom
• custom made
• purpose built
• specially designed
• tailored

Translations

individually or custom made

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定制 (cmn)

• Dutch: op maat gemaakt (nl)
• Finnish: mittojen mukaan tehty, tilauksesta tehty, mittatilaustyönä tehty

• French: taillé à sa mesure, fait sur mesure (fr), personnalisé
• German: maßgeschneidert
• Polish: uszyty na miarę (pl) m
• Portuguese: sob medida