different between artisan vs workmanlike

English

Alternative forms

• artizan (obsolete)

Etymology

From French artisan, from Medieval Latin *art?ti?nus, from Latin art?tus (“skilled”), past participle of arti? (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?)t?z?n/, /???(?)t?zæn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???t?z?n/, /???t?s?n/

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.

Derived terms

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Translations

Adjective

artisan (not comparable)

1. artisanal

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin *art?ti?nus, from Latin art?tus (“skilled”), past participle of arti? (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.ti.z??/

Noun

artisan m (plural artisans, feminine artisane)

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

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From French artisan, from Medieval Latin *art?ti?nus, from Latin art?tus (“skilled”), past participle of arti? (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ar?tisan]
• Hyphenation: ar?ti?san

Noun

artisan (first-person possessive artisanku, second-person possessive artisanmu, third-person possessive artisannya)

1. artisan

Related terms

Further reading

• “artisan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

English

Etymology

workman +? -like

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w??(?)km?nla?k/

Adjective

workmanlike (comparative more workmanlike, superlative most workmanlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a workman.
   • 1957, Neville Shute, On the Beach, New York: William Morrow & Co., Chapter 3,^[1]

     She was dressed in khaki, khaki slacks and khaki shirt, practical and workmanlike.

2. Done competently but without flair.
   • 1999, Andrew Graham-Dixon, A History of British Art, Univ of California Press ?ISBN, page 120

     Even his most matter-of-fact, workmanlike paintings are charged with an entirely personal morbidity.

   • 2002, Tom Friedman, Germano Celant, Fondazione Prada (Milan, Italy), Mario Perniola, Tom Friedman, Progetto Prada Arte

     The tandem arrangement does not misuse Close, for he has gotten decades of acclaim for a tedious, workmanlike art.

   • 2014, Scott Winfield Sublett, Screenwriting for Neurotics: A Beginner's Guide to Writing a Feature-Length Screenplay from Start to Finish, University of Iowa Press ?ISBN, page 190

     Clear, workmanlike prose will do fine, and polishing up the prose is for the second draft.

3. Performed with the skill of an artisan or craftsman. (Can we add an example for this sense?)