handicraft

English

Etymology

For handcraft, influenced by handiwork; Old English handcræft.

Pronunciation

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

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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:

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

     The spelling has been modernized.

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^[1], 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／手工业 (zh) (shǒugōngyè), 手藝／手艺 (zh) (shǒuyì), 手工藝／手工艺 (zh) (shǒugōngyì)

• Cornish: dornweyth m
• 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 (ja) (しゅげい, shugei)
• Lithuanian: amatas m
• Northern Sami: duodji
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: håndverk (no) n, kunsthåndverk n

• Ottoman Turkish: صنعت (sanʼat, zanʼat)
• 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／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 (ja) (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)