handicraft

handicraft

English

Etymology

For handcraft, influenced by handiwork; Old English handcræft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhændɪkɹæft/, /ˈhændɪkɹɑːft/

• Audio (RP)

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Noun

handicraft (countable and uncountable, plural handicrafts)

1. A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
   • 1712 April 26 (Gregorian calendar)​, Joseph Addison, “TUESDAY, April 15, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 354; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697:

     I regard the Grand Seignior , who is obliged , by an express command in the Alcoran , to learn and practise some handicraft trade

2. An artifact produced by handicraft.
3. (rare, obsolete) A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
   • 1596, Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traueller: or, The Life of Jacke Wilton:

     his men were all baſe handie craftes, as coblers, and curriers, and tinkers, whereof ſome had barres of yron […]

   • 1672, John Dryden, The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery

     the Handicrafts-Shops begin to open

   • 1691, Sam Norris, The English Spy; Or, the Intrigues, Pollicies, and Stratagems of the French King with His Secret Contrivances, for Undermining the Princes of Christendom, Discovered:

     The M[e]chanicks, and handy-crafts were Induſtrious, Thrifty, and the main ſupporters of the Trade of France.

   • 1828 (reprinted 1842), Sir Walter Scott, The Fair Maid of Perth‎, Schlesinger:

     "Why, thou knowest, father," he said, smiling, "that we handicrafts best love the folks we live by; […]

Synonyms

• handcraft

Derived terms

• handicrafted
• handicrafting

Translations

trade requiring skill of hand

Albanian: artizanat (sq), zejtari (sq) Arabic: حِرْفَة يَدَوِيَّة‎ f (ḥirfa(t) yadawiyya) Armenian: արհեստ (hy) (arhest) Belarusian: рамясло́ n (ramjasló) Bulgarian: занаят (bg) m (zanajat) Chinese: Mandarin: 手工業 (zh), 手工业 (zh) (shǒugōngyè), 手藝 (zh), 手艺 (zh) (shǒuyì), 手工藝 (zh), 手工艺 (zh) (shǒugōngyì) Czech: řemeslo (cs) n Dutch: ambacht (nl) f Finnish: käsityötaito French: artisanat (fr) m German: Handarbeit (de) f, Handwerk (de) n, Kunsthandwerk (de) n Greek: χειροτεχνία (el) f (cheirotechnía) Ancient: χειρωναξία f (kheirōnaxía) Hebrew: אֻמָּנוּת‎ (he) f (umanút) Icelandic: iðn (is) f Inari Sami: tyeji Irish: lámhcheardaíocht f, lámhcheird f Italian: artigianato (it) m Japanese: 手工芸 (しゅこうげい, shukōgei), 手芸 (しゅげい, shugei) Lithuanian: amatas m Northern Sami: duodji Norwegian: Bokmål: håndverk n, kunsthåndverk n Polish: rękodzieło, rzemiosło (pl) n Portuguese: artesanato (pt) m Romanian: meserie (ro) Russian: ремесло́ (ru) n (remesló), ручна́я рабо́та f (ručnája rabóta), рукоде́лие (ru) n (rukodélije) Slovak: remeslo (sk) n Spanish: artesanía (es) Swedish: hantverk (sv) n, handarbete (sv) n Tagalog: pagkikimot Telugu: హస్తకళ (te) (hastakaḷa) Turkish: el işi (tr), zanaat (tr) Ukrainian: ремесло́ n (remesló) Yiddish: מלאָכה‎ f (melokhe)

artifact

Chinese: Mandarin: 工藝品 (zh), 工艺品 (zh) (gōngyìpǐn) Finnish: käsityö (fi) German: Handarbeit (de) f, Handwerksprodukt n, Handarbeitsprodukt n Indonesian: kriya (id), kerajinan tangan (id), pekerjaan tangan (id) Japanese: 工芸品 (こうげいひん, kōgeihin) Korean: 공예품(工藝品) (gong'yepum) Macedonian: ракотворба f (rakotvorba) Tagalog: kinimot

handicraftsman

Armenian: արհեստավոր (hy) (arhestavor) Bulgarian: занаятчия (bg) m (zanajatčija) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: käsityöläinen (fi) German: Helfer (de) m, Handwerker (de) m Greek: χειροτέχνης (el) m (cheirotéchnis) Portuguese: artesão (pt) m Tagalog: mangingimot Turkish: zanaatkâr (tr)