artisan

English

Alternative forms

• artizan (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzən/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzæn/
• (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.
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
• Arabic: صَانِع‎ m (ṣāniʿ), حِرَفِيّ‎ m (ḥirafiyy), حِرْفِيّ‎ m (ḥirfiyy)
• Armenian: արհեստավոր (hy) (arhestavor)
• Azerbaijani: sənətkar (az)
• Belarusian: раме́снік m (ramjésnik), раме́сьнік m (ramjésʹnik) (Taraškievica), раме́сніца f (ramjésnica), раме́сьніца f (ramjésʹnica) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: কারিগর (karigôr)
• 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 (jiàngrén), 手藝人 (zh), 手艺人 (zh) (shǒuyìrén)

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

  Ancient: τεχνίτης m (tekhnítēs)

• Hebrew: אומן \ אָמָּן‎ (he) m (omán), אומנית‎ f (omanít)
• Hindi: कारीगर (hi) m (kārīgar)
• Hungarian: kisiparos (hu), mesterember (hu), műves (hu)
• Icelandic: handverksmaður m
• Irish: ceardaí m
• 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 (qolönerşi)
• Khmer: សិប្បករ (səppaʼkɑɑ)
• Korean: 공장(工匠) (ko) (gongjang), 장인(匠人) (ko) (jang'in)
• Kyrgyz: кол өнөрчү (qol önörçü)

• Lao: ຊ່າງຝີມື (sāng fī mư̄)
• Latin: artifex m, opifex m
• Latvian: amatnieks m, amatniece f
• Lithuanian: amatininkas m
• Macedonian: занаетчија m (zanaetčija), занаетчика f (zanaetčika)
• Manx: keirdagh m, fer keirdey m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: håndverker (no) m

• Old English: cræftiga m
• Old Irish: cerd
• Persian: پیشه‌ور‎ (piševar), صنعت‌گر‎ (san'atgar), هتوخش‎ (hotuxš)
• Polish: rzemieślnik (pl) m, rzemieślniczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: artesão (pt) m
• 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

  Roman: zanàtlija (sh) m, òbrtnīk (sh) 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 (sanʾatkor), ҳунарманд (hunarmand)
• Thai: ช่างฝีมือ (châang-fǐi-mʉʉ)
• Turkish: zanaatkar (tr), usta (tr)
• Ukrainian: ремісни́к m (remisnýk), ремісни́ця f (remisnýcja)
• Urdu: کاریگر‎ m (kārīgar)
• Uzbek: hunarmand (uz)
• Venetian: 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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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

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French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ti.zɑ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

artisan m (plural artisans, feminine artisane)

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

Further reading

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

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

artisan (first-person possessive artisanku, second-person possessive artisanmu, third-person possessive artisannya)

1. artisan.

Related terms

• artis

 

Further reading

• “artisan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.