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• /ˈkʌstəm/
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PIE word *ḱóm PIE word *swé From Middle English custume, borrowed from Anglo-Norman custume, inherited from Latin consuētūdinem, a noun derived from cōnsuēscō, from con- (“with”) + suēscō (“become used or accustomed to”). Displaced native Old English ġewuna. Doublet of costume, consuetude, and kastom. The adjectival form first appears c. 1830.

361 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հարմարեցված (harmarecʻvac) — custom-made
• Armenian: պատվերով (patverov) — custom-made
• Belarusian: карыстальніцкі (karystalʹnicki) — custom-made
• Belarusian: нестандартны (njestandartny) — custom-made
• Belarusian: заказны (zakazny) — custom-made
• Belarusian: на заказ (na zakaz) — custom-made
• Belarusian: падагнаны (padahnany) — custom-made
• Catalan: personalitzat — custom-made
• Chinese Mandarin: 定製 /定制 (dìngzhì) — custom-made
• Czech: zákaznický — custom-made
• Czech: na míru — custom-made
• Czech: na zakázku — custom-made
• Czech: nestandardní — custom-made
• Czech: přizpůsobený — custom-made
• Czech: uživatelský — custom-made
• Czech: vlastní — custom-made
• Danish: skræddersyet — custom-made
• Dutch: op maat — custom-made
• Dutch: aangepast — custom-made
• Finnish: mittatilaus- — custom-made
• Finnish: erikoisvalmisteinen — custom-made
• Finnish: räätälöity — custom-made
• Finnish: teetetty — custom-made
• French: sur mesure — custom-made
• French: personnalisé — custom-made
• Galician: feito á medida — custom-made
• Galician: á medida — custom-made
• German: maßgeschneidert — custom-made
• German: benutzerdefiniert — custom-made
• Icelandic: sérsniðinn — custom-made
• Indonesian: menurut pesanan — custom-made
• Indonesian: khusus — custom-made
• Indonesian: pribadi — custom-made
• Indonesian: disesuaikan — custom-made
• Indonesian: nonstandar — custom-made
• Italian: personalizzato — custom-made
• Italian: fatto ad hoc — custom-made
• Italian: fatto su misura — custom-made
• Japanese: 特注 (tokuchū) — custom-made
• Malay: langganan — custom-made
• Malay: ditempah khas — custom-made
• Malay: peribadi — custom-made
• Malay: disesuaikan — custom-made
• Malay: tak piawai — custom-made
• Polish: na zamówienie — custom-made
• Polish: niestandardowy — custom-made
• Polish: na wymiar — custom-made
• Polish: na miarę — custom-made
• Polish: spersonalizowany — custom-made
• Portuguese: sob medida — custom-made
• Portuguese: personalizado — custom-made
• Russian: заказной (zakaznoj) — custom-made
• Russian: изготовленный (izgotovlennyj) — custom-made
• Russian: на заказ (na zakaz) — custom-made
• Russian: нестандартный (nestandartnyj) — custom-made
• Russian: подогнанный (podognannyj) — custom-made
• Russian: пользовательский (polʹzovatelʹskij) — custom-made
• Serbo-Croatian: po mjeri — custom-made
• Serbo-Croatian: po narudžbi — custom-made
• Serbo-Croatian: prilagođeni — custom-made
• Serbo-Croatian: nestandardni — custom-made
• Slovak: zákaznícky — custom-made
• Slovak: na mieru — custom-made
• Slovak: na zakázku — custom-made
• Slovak: neštandardný — custom-made
• Slovak: prispôsobený — custom-made
• Slovak: používateľský — custom-made
• Slovene: po meri — custom-made
• Slovene: nestandardni — custom-made
• Spanish: a medida — custom-made
• Spanish: por encargo — custom-made
• Spanish: al pedido — custom-made
• Spanish: con especificaciones — custom-made
• Spanish: customizado — custom-made
• Spanish: costumizado — custom-made
• Tagalog: pasadya — custom-made
• Ukrainian: замовний (zamovnyj) — custom-made
• Ukrainian: на замовлення (na zamovlennja) — custom-made
• Ukrainian: нестандартний (nestandartnyj) — custom-made
• Ukrainian: підігнаний (pidihnanyj) — custom-made
• Yiddish: באַשטעלט (bashtelt) — custom-made
• Afrikaans: gebruik — frequent repetition of the same act
• Albanian: doke — frequent repetition of the same act
• Albanian: adet — frequent repetition of the same act
• Southern Altai: јаҥ (ǰaŋ) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Arabic: عَادَة (ʕāda) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Arabic: عُرْف (ʕurf) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Armenian: սովորույթ (sovoruytʻ) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Armenian: սովորություն (sovorutʻyun) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Avar: гӏадат (ʻadat) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Azerbaijani: adət — frequent repetition of the same act
• Azerbaijani: adət-ənənə — frequent repetition of the same act
• Bashkir: ғәҙәт (ğəźət) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Belarusian: звы́чай (zvýčaj) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Bengali: প্রথা (protha) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Bengali: রসম (rośom) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Bengali: রেওয়াজ (reōẇaj) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Bengali: আদত (adot) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Bulgarian: оби́чай (obíčaj) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Bulgarian: приви́чка (privíčka) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Bulgarian: на́вик (návik) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Burmese: ထုံးစံ (htum:cam) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Burmese: ဓလေ့ (dha.le.) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Catalan: costum — frequent repetition of the same act
• Cebuano: batasan — frequent repetition of the same act
• Chechen: ӏадат (ˀadat) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Chinese Mandarin: 習慣 /习惯 (xíguàn) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Chinese Mandarin: 習俗 /习俗 (xísú) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Chinese Mandarin: 風俗 /风俗 (fēngsú) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Chinese Mandarin: 俗例 (súlì) — frequent repetition of the same act
• West Circassian: хабзэ (xabzɛ) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Maore Comorian: mila — frequent repetition of the same act
• Maore Comorian: udzevu — frequent repetition of the same act
• Czech: obyčej — frequent repetition of the same act
• Czech: zvyk — frequent repetition of the same act
• Danish: skik — frequent repetition of the same act
• Danish: sædvane — frequent repetition of the same act
• Dutch: manieren — frequent repetition of the same act
• Dutch: gebruiken — frequent repetition of the same act
• Esperanto: kutimo — frequent repetition of the same act
• Estonian: tava — frequent repetition of the same act
• Estonian: komme — frequent repetition of the same act
• Finnish: tapa — frequent repetition of the same act
• French: coutume — frequent repetition of the same act
• Galician: costume — frequent repetition of the same act
• Galician: doito — frequent repetition of the same act
• Galician: vezo — frequent repetition of the same act
• Georgian: ჩვეულება (čveuleba) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Georgian: წესი (c̣esi) — frequent repetition of the same act
• German: Brauch — frequent repetition of the same act
• German: Gewohnheit — frequent repetition of the same act
• German: Sitte — frequent repetition of the same act
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌹 (biūhti) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Greek: συνήθεια (synítheia) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Ancient Greek: συνήθεια (sunḗtheia) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Hebrew: מִנְהָג (minhag) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Hindi: प्रथा (prathā) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Hindi: रीति (rīti) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Hindi: रीत (rīt) — frequent repetition of the same act
• White Hmong: cai — frequent repetition of the same act
• Hungarian: szokás — frequent repetition of the same act
• Iban: adat — frequent repetition of the same act
• Icelandic: siðvenja — frequent repetition of the same act
• Ido: kustumo — frequent repetition of the same act
• Indonesian: adat — frequent repetition of the same act
• Irish: nós — frequent repetition of the same act
• Irish: gnás — frequent repetition of the same act
• Irish: béas — frequent repetition of the same act
• Irish: cleachtadh — frequent repetition of the same act
• Italian: usanza — frequent repetition of the same act
• Italian: costume — frequent repetition of the same act
• Italian: uso — frequent repetition of the same act
• Japanese: 習慣 (shūkan) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Japanese: 風俗 (fūzoku) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Kazakh: ғұрып (ğūryp) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Kazakh: әдет (ädet) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Kazakh: әдет-ғұрып (ädet-ğūryp) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Kazakh: салт (salt) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Khmer: ទំនៀម (tumniəm) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Khmer: ប្រវេណី (prɑveenii) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Khmer: ប្រពៃណី (prɑpɨynii) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Korean: 습관 (seupgwan) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Korean: 풍속 (pungsok) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Korean: 풍습 (pungseup) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Kyrgyz: адат (adat) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Kyrgyz: урп-адат (urp-adat) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Kyrgyz: салт (salt) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Lao: ກະບິນ (ka bin) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Lao: ຈາລີດ (chā līt) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Lao: ທັມນຽມ (tham nīam) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Latin: cōnsuētūdō — frequent repetition of the same act
• Latvian: paraža — frequent repetition of the same act
• Latvian: paradums — frequent repetition of the same act
• Lithuanian: paprotys — frequent repetition of the same act
• Macedonian: обичај (običaj) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Macedonian: навика (navika) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Malay: adat — frequent repetition of the same act
• Malayalam: ആചാരം (ācāraṁ) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Manchu: ᠠᠨ (an) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Middle English: custume — frequent repetition of the same act
• Mongolian: ёс (jos) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Mongolian: заншил (zanšil) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Norwegian Bokmål: bruk — frequent repetition of the same act
• Norwegian Bokmål: skikk — frequent repetition of the same act
• Occitan: costuma — frequent repetition of the same act
• Old English: behogadnes — frequent repetition of the same act
• Pashto: دود (dod) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Pashto: رسم (rásəm) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Pashto: عرف (orf) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Persian: رسم (rasm) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Persian: عادت ('âdat) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Persian: هند (hand) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Persian: عرف ('orf) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Persian: آیین (āyin) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Plautdietsch: Tracht — frequent repetition of the same act
• Plautdietsch: Sitten — frequent repetition of the same act
• Polish: zwyczaj — frequent repetition of the same act
• Polish: obyczaj — frequent repetition of the same act
• Polish: nawyk — frequent repetition of the same act
• Polish: moda — frequent repetition of the same act
• Portuguese: costume — frequent repetition of the same act
• Portuguese: hábito — frequent repetition of the same act
• Romanian: obicei — frequent repetition of the same act
• Romanian: datină — frequent repetition of the same act
• Romansh: disa — frequent repetition of the same act
• Romansh: deisa — frequent repetition of the same act
• Romansh: adüs — frequent repetition of the same act
• Russian: обы́чай (obýčaj) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Russian: привы́чка (privýčka) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Scottish Gaelic: cleachdadh — frequent repetition of the same act
• Serbo-Croatian: обичај — frequent repetition of the same act
• Serbo-Croatian: običaj — frequent repetition of the same act
• Sicilian: usu — frequent repetition of the same act
• Sicilian: abbitùddini — frequent repetition of the same act
• Sicilian: usanza — frequent repetition of the same act
• Sicilian: custumi — frequent repetition of the same act
• Sicilian: tradizziuni — frequent repetition of the same act
• Slovak: obyčaj — frequent repetition of the same act
• Slovak: zvyk — frequent repetition of the same act
• Slovene: običaj — frequent repetition of the same act
• Spanish: costumbre — frequent repetition of the same act
• Spanish: usanza — frequent repetition of the same act
• Spanish: consuetud — frequent repetition of the same act
• Swedish: sed — frequent repetition of the same act
• Swedish: vana — frequent repetition of the same act
• Swedish: sedvänja — frequent repetition of the same act
• Tagalog: ugali — frequent repetition of the same act
• Tajik: расм (rasm) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Tajik: одат (odat) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Tajik: урфу одат (urfu odat) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Tajik: урф (urf) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Tamil: வழமை (vaḻamai) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Thai: แบบแผน (bɛ̀ɛp-pɛ̌ɛn) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Thai: ธรรมเนียม (tam-niiam) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Thai: จารีต (jaa-rîit) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Turkish: adet — frequent repetition of the same act
• Turkish: görenek — frequent repetition of the same act
• Ottoman Turkish: قاعده (kaʿide) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Turkmen: adat — frequent repetition of the same act
• Turkmen: urp-adat — frequent repetition of the same act
• Turkmen: dessur — frequent repetition of the same act
• Ukrainian: звича́й (zvyčáj) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Ukrainian: обича́й (obyčáj) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Urdu: رواج (rivāj) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Urdu: رسم (rasm) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Urdu: ضابطہ (zābita) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Urdu: عرف ('urf) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Uyghur: رەسىم (resim) — frequent repetition of the same act
• Uzbek: odat — frequent repetition of the same act
• Vietnamese: tập quán — frequent repetition of the same act
• Vietnamese: phong tục — frequent repetition of the same act
• Vietnamese: tục lệ — frequent repetition of the same act
• Walloon: uzaedje — frequent repetition of the same act
• Dutch: klandizie — habitual buying of goods from one same vendor
• Estonian: harjumus — habitual buying of goods from one same vendor
• Finnish: asiakkuus — habitual buying of goods from one same vendor
• French: chalandise — habitual buying of goods from one same vendor
• German: Gewohnheit — habitual buying of goods from one same vendor
• Irish: custam — habitual buying of goods from one same vendor
• Albanian: doke — long-established practice
• Bashkir: ғәҙәт (ğəźət) — long-established practice
• Bashkir: йола (yola) — long-established practice
• Bashkir: ғөрөф-ғәҙәт (ğöröf-ğəźət) — long-established practice
• Bengali: রসম (rośom) — long-established practice
• Bulgarian: оби́чай (obíčaj) — long-established practice
• Catalan: costum — long-established practice
• Danish: hævd — long-established practice
• Dutch: gewoonte — long-established practice
• Dutch: gebruik — long-established practice
• Esperanto: kutimo — long-established practice
• Estonian: komme — long-established practice
• Finnish: käytäntö — long-established practice
• Finnish: perinnäistapa — long-established practice
• French: coutume — long-established practice
• French: us — long-established practice
• Galician: costume — long-established practice
• Galician: doito — long-established practice
• Galician: vezo — long-established practice
• Galician: uso — long-established practice
• Georgian: წესი (c̣esi) — long-established practice
• Georgian: ჩვეულება (čveuleba) — long-established practice
• German: Brauch — long-established practice
• German: Sitte — long-established practice
• German: Usus — long-established practice
• Ancient Greek: ἔθος (éthos) — long-established practice
• Ancient Greek: νόμιμα (nómima) — long-established practice
• Hebrew: נוהג (nohag) — long-established practice
• Hebrew: מנהג (minhag) — long-established practice
• Hindi: प्रथा (prathā) — long-established practice
• Hindi: रीति (rīti) — long-established practice
• Hindi: परंपरा (paramparā) — long-established practice
• Ingrian: tapa — long-established practice
• Italian: costume — long-established practice
• Latin: cōnsuētūdō — long-established practice
• Macedonian: обичај (običaj) — long-established practice
• Macedonian: адет (adet) — long-established practice
• Māori: ritenga — long-established practice
• Māori: tikanga — long-established practice
• Middle English: custume — long-established practice
• Old English: ǣ — long-established practice
• Persian: آیین (āyin) — long-established practice
• Plautdietsch: Tracht — long-established practice
• Plautdietsch: Sitten — long-established practice
• Polish: zwyczaj — long-established practice
• Polish: obyczaj — long-established practice
• Polish: tradycja — long-established practice
• Portuguese: costume — long-established practice
• Portuguese: tradição — long-established practice
• Romanian: obicei — long-established practice
• Romanian: tradiție — long-established practice
• Romanian: obișnuință — long-established practice
• Russian: обы́чай (obýčaj) — long-established practice
• Russian: тради́ция (tradícija) — long-established practice
• Scottish Gaelic: cleachdadh — long-established practice
• Sicilian: custumi — long-established practice
• Sicilian: abbitùddini — long-established practice
• Sicilian: usu — long-established practice
• Sicilian: manera — long-established practice
• Swahili: desturi — long-established practice
• Tamil: வழமை (vaḻamai) — long-established practice
• Tocharian B: yakne — long-established practice
• Tok Pisin: pasin — long-established practice
• Ottoman Turkish: قاعده (kaʿide) — long-established practice
• Walloon: uzance — long-established practice
• Walloon: dujhance — long-established practice
• Yiddish: מינהג (mineg) — long-established practice
• Dutch: bekendheid — familiar acquaintance; familiarity
• Finnish: tuttavuus — familiar acquaintance; familiarity
• French: connaissance — familiar acquaintance; familiarity
• Galician: afacemento — familiar acquaintance; familiarity
• German: Gewohnheit — familiar acquaintance; familiarity
• Latin: cōnsuētūdō — familiar acquaintance; familiarity
• Malay: kebiasaan — familiar acquaintance; familiarity
• Malay: kelaziman — familiar acquaintance; familiarity
• Portuguese: familiaridade — familiar acquaintance; familiarity
• Romanian: obișnuință — familiar acquaintance; familiarity
• Scottish Gaelic: cleachdadh — familiar acquaintance; familiarity
• Albanian: doganë — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Old Armenian: մաքս (makʻs) — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Bulgarian: мито (mito) — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Czech: clo — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Dutch: heffing — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Dutch: tol — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Dutch: accijns — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Finnish: tulli — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• French: droit de douane — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Galician: arancel — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• German: Zoll — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Ancient Greek: τέλος (télos) — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Hindi: सीमा शुल्क (sīmā śulk) — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Hungarian: vám — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Macedonian: царина (carina) — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Macedonian: давачка (davačka) — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Māori: katimauhe — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Māori: tāke taonga — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Middle English: custume — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Portuguese: alfândega — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Romanian: vamă — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Romanian: acciză — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Russian: по́шлина (póšlina) — the customary toll, tax, or tribute
• Russian: сбор (sbor) — the customary toll, tax, or tribute