artisan
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EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- artizan (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From French artisan, from Medieval Latin *artitianus, from Latin artitus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
artisan (plural artisans)
- A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
- A person who displays great dexterity.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
skilled manual worker
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AdjectiveEdit
artisan (not comparable)
- 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).
- 2015, Andrea Chesman, The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How
Further readingEdit
- 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
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Medieval Latin *artitianus, from Latin artitus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
artisan m (plural artisans, feminine artisane)
- artisan (manual worker)
- (figuratively) creator; innovator; inventor
Further readingEdit
- “artisan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).