artisan

English

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Alternative forms

• artizan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzən/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzæn/ X-SAMPA: /"A:(r\)tIz@n/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɑrtɪzən/, /ˈɑrtɪsən/ X-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) (zanajatčija)
• Catalan: artesà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工匠 (cmn) (gōngjiàng), 匠人 (cmn) (jiàngrén)

• Czech: řemeslník (cs) m
• Esperanto: metiisto (eo)
• Finnish: käsityöläinen (fi), artesaani (fi)
• French: artisan (fr) m
• German: Handwerker (de) m
• Greek: τεχνίτης (el) (technítis) 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)
• Macedonian: занаетчија (mk) (zanaétčija) m
• 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

  Roman: 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 artiō (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

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