Meanings
plural artisans · alternative archaic artizan
- 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 28, G. H. Robin, “Railways of Paisley, Renfrew and Barrhead—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 159 - A person who displays great dexterity.
alternative archaic artizan
- not comparableArtisanal.
Bread is either cheap (soft, squishy supermarket loaves) or expensive (artisan bakery loaves).
2015, Andrea Chesman, The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinartītus“skilled”
- Vulgar Latin*artītiānus
- Middle Frenchartisan
- Englishartisan
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”).
More words from Middle French, Vulgar Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek τεχνίτης
- τεχνίτης (tekhnítēs)skilled manual worker
Arabic صَانِع, حِرَفِيّ
- صَانِع (ṣāniʕ)skilled manual worker
- حِرَفِيّ (ḥirafiyy)skilled manual worker
- حِرْفِيّ (ḥirfiyy)skilled manual worker
Basque artisau
- artisauskilled manual worker
Bengali কারিগর
- কারিগর (karigor)skilled manual worker
Bulgarian занаятчи́я, занаятчи́йка
- занаятчи́я (zanajatčíja)skilled manual worker
- занаятчи́йка (zanajatčíjka)skilled manual worker
Catalan artesà
- artesàskilled manual worker
Chinese Mandarin 工匠, 匠人
- 工匠 (gōngjiàng)skilled manual worker
- 匠人 (jiàngrén)skilled manual worker
- 手藝人 /手艺人 (shǒuyìrén)skilled manual worker
Czech řemeslník, řemeslnice
- řemeslníkskilled manual worker
- řemeslniceskilled manual worker
Danish håndværker
- håndværkerskilled manual worker
Dutch ambachtsman, ambachtsvrouw
- ambachtsmanskilled manual worker
- ambachtsvrouwskilled manual worker
- ambachtswerkerskilled manual worker
Esperanto metiisto
- metiistoskilled manual worker
Estonian käsitööline
- käsitöölineskilled manual worker
Finnish käsityöläinen, artesaani
- käsityöläinenskilled manual worker
- artesaaniskilled manual worker
French artisan, artisane
- artisanskilled manual worker
- artisaneskilled manual worker
German Handwerker, Handwerkerin
- Handwerkerskilled manual worker
- Handwerkerinskilled manual worker
Greek τεχνίτης
- τεχνίτης (technítis)skilled manual worker
Hebrew אומן \ אָמָּן, אומנית
- אומן \ אָמָּן (omán)skilled manual worker
- אומנית (omanít)skilled manual worker
Hindi कारीगर
- कारीगर (kārīgar)skilled manual worker
Hungarian kisiparos, mesterember
- kisiparosskilled manual worker
- mesteremberskilled manual worker
- művesskilled manual worker
- kézművesskilled manual worker
Icelandic handverksmaður
- handverksmaðurskilled manual worker
Indonesian pengrajin, artisan
- pengrajinskilled manual worker
- artisanskilled manual worker
- tukangskilled manual worker
Irish ceardaí
- ceardaískilled manual worker
Italian artigiano
- artigianoskilled manual worker
Japanese 工匠, 職人
- 工匠 (kōshō)skilled manual worker
- 職人 (shokunin)skilled manual worker
Korean 공장, 장인
- 공장 (gongjang)skilled manual worker
- 장인 (jang'in)skilled manual worker
Latin artifex, opifex
- artifexskilled manual worker
- opifexskilled manual worker
Latvian amatnieks, amatniece
- amatnieksskilled manual worker
- amatnieceskilled manual worker
Lithuanian amatininkas
- amatininkasskilled manual worker
Malay tukang
- tukangskilled manual worker
Māori ringarehe
- ringareheskilled manual worker
Norwegian Bokmål håndverker
- håndverkerskilled manual worker
Polish rzemieślnik, rzemieślniczka
- rzemieślnikskilled manual worker
- rzemieślniczkaskilled manual worker
Portuguese artesão
- artesãoskilled manual worker
Punjabi ਕਾਰੀਗਰ
- ਕਾਰੀਗਰ (kārīgar)skilled manual worker
Romanian artizan
- artizanskilled manual worker
Russian реме́сленник, реме́сленница
- реме́сленник (reméslennik)skilled manual worker
- реме́сленница (reméslennica)skilled manual worker
- ма́стер (máster)skilled manual worker
- куста́рь (kustárʹ)skilled manual worker
Scottish Gaelic ceàrd
- ceàrdskilled manual worker
Slovak remeselnik, remeselníčka
- remeselnikskilled manual worker
- remeselníčkaskilled manual worker
Spanish artesano
- artesanoskilled manual worker
Swedish hantverkare
- hantverkareskilled manual worker
Tagalog artesano
- artesanoskilled manual worker
Tamil கைவினைஞர்
- கைவினைஞர் (kaiviṉaiñar)skilled manual worker
Thai ช่างฝีมือ
- ช่างฝีมือ (châang-fǐi-mʉʉ)skilled manual worker
Turkish sanatkâr, zanaatçı
- sanatkârskilled manual worker
- zanaatçıskilled manual worker
- zanaatkarskilled manual worker
- ustaskilled manual worker
Ukrainian ремісни́к, ремісни́ця
- ремісни́к (remisnýk)skilled manual worker
- ремісни́ця (remisnýcja)skilled manual worker
Urdu کارِیگَر
- کارِیگَر (kārīgar)skilled manual worker
Vietnamese nghệ nhân
- nghệ nhânskilled manual worker
Yiddish בעל־מלאָכה
- בעל־מלאָכה (balmelokhe)skilled manual worker
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Cite this entry
artisan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artisan
“artisan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artisan. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “artisan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artisan.
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