adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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US:/ˈhændˌmeɪd/
UK:/ˈhændˌmeɪd/
/ˌhændˈmeɪd/
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homophone: handmaid
CMU ARPABET:HH AE1 N D M EY1 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:HH AE1 N M EY1 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Made by hand; manufactured manually.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
handmade jewels
handmade products
handmade shoes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An art or craft object made by hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
made by hand or a hand process
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
delicate handmade baby dresses
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hand-crafted
Antonyms: machine-made
History
Etymology
From hand + made.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
əl işi
— made by hand
Bulgarian:
ръчен
(rǎčen)
— made by hand
Bulgarian:
изработен на ръка
(izraboten na rǎka)
— made by hand
Chinese Mandarin:
手工
(shǒugōng)
— made by hand
Dutch:
met de hand gemaakt
— made by hand
Dutch:
handgemaakt
— made by hand
Esperanto:
manfabrikita
— made by hand
Finnish:
käsin tehty
— made by hand
French:
manuel
— made by hand
French:
fait main
— made by hand
Galician:
feito á man
— made by hand
German:
handgemacht
— made by hand
Gothic:
𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃
(handuwaurhts)
— made by hand
Greek:
χειροποίητος
(cheiropoíitos)
— made by hand
Haitian Creole:
fèt a la men
— made by hand
Hungarian:
kézzel készített
— made by hand
Indonesian:
buatan tangan
— made by hand
Irish:
lámhdhéanta
— made by hand
Italian:
fatto a mano
— made by hand
Low German:
handmaakt
— made by hand
Malagasy:
vita tanana
— made by hand
Malagasy:
natao tanana
— made by hand
Malay:
buatan tangan
— made by hand
Norwegian Bokmål:
håndlaget
— made by hand
Polish:
wykonany ręcznie
— made by hand
Portuguese:
feito com as mãos
— made by hand
Russian:
ручно́й рабо́ты
(ručnój rabóty)
— made by hand
Russian:
хѐндме́йд
(hèndméjd)
— made by hand
Russian:
хѐнд-ме́йд
(hènd-méjd)
— made by hand
Spanish:
hecho a mano
— made by hand
Tagalog:
gawang-kamay
— made by hand
Ukrainian:
ручної роботи
(ručnoji roboty)
— made by hand
