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homemade

adj · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 M M EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Made at home.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a homemade chicken casserole

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: shop-bought, store-bought

2

adj

Meaning 2

Made by oneself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: homebrew, handmade
  • a homemade bomb

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: self-made, homebrew, handmade

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

In a simple style as if made at home.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: homespun
  • a homemade aphorism

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: homespun

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

made or produced in the home or by yourself

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • homemade bread

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: factory-made

History

Etymology

From home + made.

Across languages

Translations

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَنْزِلِيّ (manziliyy) — made at home
  • Tunisian Arabic: ادياري (dyari) — made at home
  • Armenian: տնական (tnakan) — made at home
  • Bulgarian: дома́шен (domášen) — made at home
  • Catalan: casolà — made at home
  • Czech: domácí — made at home
  • Danish: hjemmelavet — made at home
  • Danish: hjemmegjort — made at home
  • Dutch: huisgemaakt — made at home
  • Dutch: thuisgemaakt — made at home
  • Dutch: zelfgemaakt — made at home
  • Dutch: eigengemaakt — made at home
  • Estonian: kodus valmistatud — made at home
  • Estonian: omatehtud — made at home
  • Estonian: kodukootud — made at home
  • Faroese: heimagjørt — made at home
  • Finnish: kotitekoinen — made at home
  • French: fait maison — made at home
  • French: maison — made at home
  • French: selon la recette maison — made at home
  • Galician: caseiro — made at home
  • Galician: da casa — made at home
  • Galician: caseño — made at home
  • German: selbstgemacht — made at home
  • German: hausgemacht — made at home
  • German: nach Art des Hauses — made at home
  • German: nach Hausmacherart — made at home
  • Greek: σπιτικός (spitikós) — made at home
  • Hungarian: házi — made at home
  • Hungarian: házilagos — made at home
  • Icelandic: heimagerð — made at home
  • Ido: hemfacita — made at home
  • Indonesian: rumahan — made at home
  • Irish: baile — made at home
  • Italian: fatto in casa — made at home
  • Italian: fatto alla casalinga — made at home
  • Italian: all'uso di casa — made at home
  • Italian: secondo la ricetta casalinga — made at home
  • Italian: casalingo — made at home
  • Marathi: घरगुती (ghargutī) — made at home
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjemmelaget — made at home
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjemmesnekret — made at home
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heimelaga — made at home
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heimesnikra — made at home
  • Polish: domowy — made at home
  • Polish: domowej roboty — made at home
  • Portuguese: caseiro — made at home
  • Romanian: de casă — made at home
  • Romanian: făcut acasă — made at home
  • Russian: дома́шний (domášnij) — made at home
  • Russian: самоде́льный (samodélʹnyj) — made at home
  • Scots: hame-made — made at home
  • Serbo-Croatian: домаћи — made at home
  • Serbo-Croatian: направљен код куће — made at home
  • Serbo-Croatian: domaći — made at home
  • Serbo-Croatian: napravljen kod kuće — made at home
  • Spanish: casero — made at home
  • Spanish: hecho en casa — made at home
  • Spanish: hechizo — made at home
  • Swahili: kutengeneza nyumbani — made at home
  • Swedish: hemgjord — made at home
  • Swedish: hemmagjord — made at home
  • Swedish: hemmasnickrad — made at home
  • Turkish: ev yapımı — made at home
  • Vietnamese: cây nhà lá vườn — made at home
  • Welsh: cartref — made at home
  • Azerbaijani: əldəqayırma — made by oneself
  • Danish: selvgjort — made by oneself
  • Dutch: zelfgemaakt — made by oneself
  • Esperanto: memfarita — made by oneself
  • Finnish: omatekoinen — made by oneself
  • Hungarian: saját gyártású — made by oneself
  • Hungarian: saját készítésű — made by oneself
  • Marathi: स्वतः बनवलेले (svataḥ banavlele) — made by oneself
  • Polish: własnej roboty — made by oneself
  • Turkish: el yapımı — made by oneself