artisan
English
editAlternative forms
edit- artizan (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom Middle French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzən/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzæn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹtɪzən/, /ˈɑɹtɪsən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editartisan (plural artisans)
- A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
- A person who displays great dexterity.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editskilled manual worker
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Adjective
editartisan (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).
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “artisan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “artisan”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “artisan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editartisan m (plural artisans, feminine artisane)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “artisan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editartisan (first-person possessive artisanku, second-person possessive artisanmu, third-person possessive artisannya)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “artisan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Piedmontese
editPronunciation
editNoun
editartisan m
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