artisan

English

Alternative forms

• artizan (dated)

Etymology

From Middle French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzæn/, /ɑː(ɹ)tɪˈzæn/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹtɪzən/, /ˈɑɹtɪsən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

artisan (plural artisans)

1. A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
   • 1958 March, G. H. Robin, “Railways of Paisley, Renfrew and Barrhead—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 159:

     One or two works, particularly those of Babcock & Wilcox, are on the Renfrew line, and the passenger services are run to suit the artisan rather than the businessman travelling daily to the city.

2. A person who displays great dexterity.

Derived terms

• artisanal
• artisanality
• artisanally
• artisanate
• artisanry
• artisanship
• artisan's palsy

Related terms

• art
• artist
• artistic
• craftsman
• craftsperson
• craftswoman

Translations

skilled manual worker

• Albanian: zanatçi (sq) m, mjeshtër (sq) m, zejtar (sq) m, artizan (sq) m
• Arabic: صَانِع m (ṣāniʕ), حِرَفِيّ m (ḥirafiyy), حِرْفِيّ m (ḥirfiyy)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܼܡܵܢܵܐ m (ūmānā), ܐܘܼܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ m pl (ūmānē), ܐܘܼܡܵܢܬܵܐ f (ūmāntā)

• Armenian: արհեստավոր (hy) (arhestavor)
• Azerbaijani: sənətkar (az)
• Basque: artisau
• Belarusian: раме́снік m (ramjésnik), раме́сьнік m (ramjésʹnik) (Taraškievica), раме́сніца f (ramjésnica), раме́сьніца f (ramjésʹnica) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: কারিগর (bn) (karigor)
• Bulgarian: занаятчи́я (bg) m (zanajatčíja), занаятчи́йка f (zanajatčíjka)
• Burmese: ပညာသည် (my) (pa.nyasany)
• Catalan: artesà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工匠 (zh) (gōngjiàng), 匠人 (zh) (jiàngrén), 手藝人 / 手艺人 (zh) (shǒuyìrén)

• Czech: řemeslník (cs) m, řemeslnice f
• Danish: håndværker (da) c
• Dutch: ambachtsman (nl) m, ambachtsvrouw (nl) f, ambachtswerker m
• Esperanto: metiisto (eo)
• Estonian: käsitööline
• Finnish: käsityöläinen (fi), artesaani (fi)
• French: artisan (fr) m, artisane (fr) f
• Friulian: artesan m
• German: Handwerker (de) m, Handwerkerin (de) f
• Greek: τεχνίτης (el) m (technítis)

  Ancient Greek: τεχνίτης m (tekhnítēs)

• Gujarati: કારીગર m (kārīgar)
• Hebrew: אומן \ אָמָּן (he) m (omán), אומנית f (omanít)
• Hindi: कारीगर (hi) m (kārīgar)
• Hungarian: kisiparos (hu), mesterember (hu), műves (hu), kézműves (hu)
• Icelandic: handverksmaður (is) m
• Irish: ceardaí m

  Old Irish: cerd

• Italian: artigiano (it) m
• Japanese: 工匠 (ja) (こうしょう, kōshō), 職人 (ja) (しょくにん, shokunin)
• Kazakh: қолөнерші (qolönerşı)
• Khmer: សិប្បករ (səppaʼkɑɑ)
• Korean: 공장(工匠) (ko) (gongjang), 장인(匠人) (ko) (jang'in)
• Kyrgyz: кол өнөрчү (kol önörcü)
• Lao: ຊ່າງຝີມື (sāng fī mư̄)
• Latin: artifex (la) m, opifex m
• Latvian: amatnieks m, amatniece f
• Lithuanian: amatininkas m
• Macedonian: занаетчија m (zanaetčija), занаетчика f (zanaetčika)
• Malay: tukang (ms)
• Manx: keirdagh m, fer keirdey m
• Māori: ringarehe
• Marathi: कारागीर m (kārāgīr)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: håndverker (no) m

• Old English: cræftiga m
• Persian: پیشه‌ور (piše-var), صنعت‌گر (san'at-gar), هتوخش (hotuxš)
• Polish: rzemieślnik (pl) m, rzemieślniczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: artesão (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਕਾਰੀਗਰ m (kārīgar)
• Romanian: artizan (ro) m
• Russian: реме́сленник (ru) m (reméslennik), реме́сленница (ru) f (reméslennica), ма́стер (ru) m (máster), куста́рь (ru) m (kustárʹ)
• Sanskrit: ऋभु (sa) m (ṛbhu)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceàrd
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зана̀тлија m, о̀бртнӣк m

  Latin: zanàtlija (sh) m, òbrtnīk (sh) m

• Sicilian: articianu m
• Slovak: remeselnik m, remeselníčka f
• Slovene: obrtnik m, obrtnica f, rokodelec m, rokodelka f
• Spanish: artesano (es), menestral m (historical)
• Swedish: hantverkare (sv) c
• Tajik: санъаткор (san'atkor), ҳунарманд (hunarmand)
• Tamil: கைவினைஞர் (kaiviṉaiñar)
• Thai: ช่างฝีมือ (th) (châang-fǐi-mʉʉ)
• Turkish: zanaatkar (tr), usta (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: صنعتكار (sanʼatkâr)

• Ukrainian: ремісни́к m (remisnýk), ремісни́ця f (remisnýcja)
• Urdu: کاریگر m (kārīgar)
• Uzbek: hunarmand (uz)
• Venetan: artexan (vec) m
• Vietnamese: nghệ nhân (vi)
• Yiddish: בעל־מלאָכה m (balmelokhe)

Adjective

artisan (not comparable)

1. Artisanal.
   • 2015, Andrea Chesman, The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How:

     Bread is either cheap (soft, squishy supermarket loaves) or expensive (artisan bakery loaves).

   • 2016 December 2, Jonathan Prynn, “Pavilion Road: artisan food and drink street opens near Sloane Square”, in The Standard‎^[1]:

     Cartier and Tiffany have some unlikely new neighbours near Sloane Square — a butcher, a greengrocer and a cheesemonger. […] The row of artisan food and drink shops also includes a wine merchant. A bakery is due to open in time for Christmas and a tenant is being sought for a sixth unit.

Derived terms

• artisan bread

Further reading

• “artisan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “artisan”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “artisan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Sartain, Sinatra, Taranis, Trainas, antiars, astrain, sartain, tasiRNA, tasirna, tsarian, tsarina

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian artigiano, Inherited from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ti.zɑ̃/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

artisan m (plural artisans, feminine artisane)

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

Derived terms

• artisanal
• artisanat

Further reading

• “artisan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Indonesian

Etymology

From French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [arˈtisan]
• Hyphenation: ar‧ti‧san

Noun

artisan (plural artisan-artisan)

1. artisan

   Synonyms: perajin, pengrajin, tukang

Related terms

• artis

Further reading

• “artisan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /artiˈzaŋ/

Noun

artisan m

1. craftsman, artisan