artisan

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 (bn) (karigôrô) 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 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) 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 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 (qolönerşı) Khmer: សិប្បករ (səppaʼkɑɑ) Korean: 공장(工匠) (ko) (gongjang), 장인(匠人) (ko) (jang'in) Kyrgyz: кол өнөрчү (kol 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) Malay: tukang (ms) Manx: keirdagh m, fer keirdey m Marathi: कारागीर m (kārāgīr) 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 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 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) Tamil: கைவினைஞர் (kaiviṉaiñar) Thai: ช่างฝีมือ (th) (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.

   Synonyms: perajin, pengrajin

Related terms

• artis

 

Further reading

• “artisan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.