different between atelier vs bespoke

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French atelier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ.t?l?je?/, /?æ.t?l.je?/, /??t?l.je?/, /??t?l.i.e?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

atelier (plural ateliers)

1. A workshop or studio, especially for an artist, designer or fashion house.

Translations

Anagrams

• e-retail, e-tailer, etailer

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French atelier.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /?a?.t?l?je?/
• Hyphenation: ate?lier
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

atelier n (plural ateliers, diminutive ateliertje n)

1. workshop, studio; in particular in relation to artistic activities, the production of clothing or engineering

Derived terms

• naaiatelier

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ateljee
• ? Indonesian: atelir

French

Etymology

From Middle French astelier, hastelier. See attelle +? -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t?.lje/

Noun

atelier m (plural ateliers)

1. workshop

Descendants

Further reading

• “atelier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• altière, réalité

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French atelier.

Noun

atelier m (invariable)

1. atelier

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French atelier.

Noun

atelier n (definite singular atelieret, indefinite plural atelier or atelierer, definite plural ateliera or atelierene)

1. studio (of an artist or photographer)

References

• “atelier” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “atelier” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French atelier.

Noun

atelier n (definite singular atelieret, indefinite plural atelier, definite plural ateliera)

1. studio (of an artist or photographer)

References

• “atelier” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French atelier, from Middle French astelier, hastelier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.t?l?j?/

Noun

atelier n (indeclinable)

1. atelier (workshop or studio, especially for an artist, designer or fashion house)

   Synonym: studio

2. (film) atelier (film studio)

Derived terms

• (adjective) atelierowy

Further reading

• atelier in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• atelier in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French atelier.

Noun

atelier n (plural ateliere)

1. workshop

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From French atelier. Doublet of taller.

Noun

atelier m (plural atelieres)

1. atelier

Further reading

• “atelier” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??sp??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b??spo?k/
• Hyphenation: be?spoke
• Rhymes: -??k

Adjective

bespoke (not comparable)

1. Individually or custom made.
   • 1983, Kurt Andersen, “Her Majesty in Mellowland,” Time, 7 March, 1983,^[1]

     Marc Valeric, a Beverly Hills milliner, sold 125 bespoke hats in two weeks to women desperate to dress properly for royal receptions.

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 10,

     People gathered round, since it was something of an event, their MP, in his bespoke pinstripe and red tie, clutching an old Wellington boot and about to hurl it through the air.

   • 2016, "The Tube: Going Underground", Season 1, Episode 6

     There are 436 escalators in the London Underground, and every one is totally bespoke.

   • 2017 "Elements Part 2: Bespoken For", Adventure Time

     You need to get a nice bespoked suit. "Bespoke" means i's custom-made to fit your specific dimensions and emphasize what's flattering about your shape.

2. Relating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.

   a bespoke tailor

Usage notes

Primarily used for tailoring, now also used more generally, as an alternative term for custom-made, notably for software, as in a “bespoke solution”.

Synonyms

• See also: Thesaurus:custom-made
• custom
• custom made
• purpose-built
• tailored

Translations

Verb

bespoke

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

References