artisan
English
Alternative forms
- artizan (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation
Noun
artisan (plural artisans)
Related terms
Translations
skilled manual worker
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Adjective
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).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “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.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁ.ti.zɑ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
Further reading
- “artisan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From French artisan, from Vulgar 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)
Related terms
Further reading
- “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.
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