artisan
/ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzæn/US/ˈɑɹtɪzən/
artisan noun: a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
Noun
artisan (plural artisans)
- A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
- One or two works, particularly those of Babcock & Wilcox, are on the Renfrew line, and the passenger services are run to suit the artisan rather than the businessman travelling daily to the city.1958 March, G. H. Robin, “Railways of Paisley, Renfrew and Barrhead—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 159
- A person who displays great dexterity.
Adjective
artisan (not comparable)
- Artisanal.
- Bread is either cheap (soft, squishy supermarket loaves) or expensive (artisan bakery loaves).2015, Andrea Chesman, The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How
- Cartier and Tiffany have some unlikely new neighbours near Sloane Square — a butcher, a greengrocer and a cheesemonger. […] The row of artisan food and drink shops also includes a wine merchant. A bakery is due to open in time for Christmas and a tenant is being sought for a sixth unit.2016 December 2, Jonathan Prynn, “Pavilion Road: artisan food and drink street opens near Sloane Square”, in The Standard
artisan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
artisan in Hindi
- skilled manual worker
- कारीगर kārīgar
artisan in Tamil
- skilled manual worker
- கைவினைஞர் kaiviṉaiñar
artisan in Marathi
- skilled manual worker
- कारागीर kārāgīr
artisan in Urdu
- skilled manual worker
- کارِیگَر kārīgar
More languagesFewer languages
- artisan in Bengali
- কারিগর karigor
- artisan in Telugu
- హస్తకళాకారుడు
- artisan in Malayalam
- കൈത്തൊഴിൽക്കാരൻ, കൗശലപ്പണിക്കാരൻ, കൈപ്പണിക്കാരൻ, യന്ത്രപ്പണിക്കാരൻ
- artisan in Kannada
- ಕೆಲಸಗಾರ kelasagāra
- artisan in Punjabi
- ਕਾਰੀਗਰ kārīgar
- artisan in Gujarati
- કારીગર kārīgar
- artisan in Odia
- ଦାରୁ dāru
- artisan in Sanskrit
- ऋभु ṛbhu
- artisan in Sinhala
- කඹුරා kaᵐburā
- artisan in Nepali
- शिल्पकार, कारीगर
- artisan in Tagalog
- artesano
- artisan in Arabic
- صَانِع ṣāniʕ, حِرَفِيّ ḥirafiyy, حِرْفِيّ ḥirfiyy
- artisan in Malay
- tukang
- artisan in Indonesian
- pengrajin, artisan, tukang
- artisan in Thai
- ช่างฝีมือ châang-fǐi-mʉʉ
- artisan in Vietnamese
- nghệ nhân
- artisan in Myanmar
- ပညာသည် pa.nyasany
Examples of artisan in a sentence
- At Magazine, thousands of artisans including fitters, welders and spare parts dealers work under harsh conditions.
- Fleece lined, the dark hide exterior was adorned with intricate beading by a truly skilled artisan.
- Bread is either cheap (soft, squishy supermarket loaves) or expensive (artisan bakery loaves).
Forms of artisan
| plural | artisans |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | artizan |
Origin of artisan
Borrowed from Middle French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
Words formed from artisan
Phrases with artisan
Questions about artisan
- What does artisan mean?
- Artisan means a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
- What is artisan in Hindi?
- Artisan in Hindi is कारीगर (kārīgar). See Artisan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is artisan?
- Artisan can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce artisan?
- Artisan is pronounced /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzæn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of artisan?
- The plural of artisan is artisans.
Words near artisan in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: artisan (page history and authors); artisan (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); artisan (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಕೆಲಸಗಾರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ଦାରୁ (Odia) (page history and authors); කඹුරා (Sinhala) (page history and authors); artisan (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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