artisan

Alternative forms

• artizan (obsolete)

Etymology

From French artisan, from Medieval Latin *artitianus, from Latin artitus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzən/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzæn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹtɪzən/, /ˈɑɹtɪsən/

Noun

artisan (plural artisans)

1. A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
2. A person who displays great dexterity.

Adjective

artisan (not comparable)

1. 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).

Further reading

• artisan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• artisan in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• artisan at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Sartain, Sinatra, Taranis, Trainas, antiars, astrain, sartain, tsarian, tsarina

Etymology

From Medieval Latin *artitianus, from Latin artitus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ti.zɑ̃/

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Noun

artisan m (plural artisans, feminine artisane)

1. artisan (manual worker)
2. (figuratively) creator; innovator; inventor

Further reading

• “artisan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).