artisan

English

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Etymology

From French artisan, from Medieval Latin *artitianus, from Latin artitus (“skilled”), past participle of artire (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzən/ SAMPA: /"A:(r\)tIz@n/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɑrtɪzən/, /ˈɑrtɪsən/ SAMPA: /"ArtIz@n/, /"ArtIs@n/

Noun

artisan (plural artisans)

1. A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
2. A person who displays great dexterity.

Related terms

• art
• artist
• artistic

Derived terms

• artisanal

Translations

skilled manual worker

Armenian: արհեստավոր (hy) (arhestavor) Bulgarian: занаятчия (bg) Catalan: artesà (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 工匠 (zh) (gōngjiàng), 匠人 (zh) (jiàngrén) Czech: řemeslník (cs) m. Finnish: käsityöläinen (fi), artesaani (fi) French: artisan (fr) m. German: Handwerker (de) m. Greek: τεχνίτης (el) (technítis) m., (colloquial) μάστορας (el) (mástoras) m. Hebrew: אומן (he) (u'man) m., אומנית (he) (u'manyt) f. Irish: ceardaí (ga) m. Italian: artigiano (it) m.

Japanese: 工匠 (ja) (こうしょう, kōshō), 職人 (ja) (しょくにん, shokunin) Manx: keirdagh (gv) Old Irish: cerd Polish: rzemieślnik (pl) m. Portuguese: artesão (pt) m. Russian: ремесленник (ru) (reméslennik) m., мастер (ru) (máster) m. Scottish Gaelic: ceàrd (gd) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: занатлија (sh) m. Latin: zanatlija (sh) m. Spanish: artesano (es) Turkish: zanaatkar (tr) Venetian: artexan m.

External links

• artisan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• artisan in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• artisan at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• tsarian, tsarina

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French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin *artitianus, from Latin artitus (“skilled”), past participle of artire (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”). Compare Italian artigiano.

Pronunciation

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Noun

artisan m. (plural artisans; feminine artisane, plural artisanes)

1. artisan (manual worker)
2. (figuratively) creator; innovator; inventor