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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

artigiano

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ar-ti-jah-no

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Artisan/ˈɑːr.tɪ.zən/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'artigiano ha creato opere d'arte uniche."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A skilled worker who crafts items by hand.

    "The artisan created beautiful pottery that was both functional and decorative."
  2. 2

    A person who is skilled in a particular craft or trade.

    "The artisan baker used traditional methods to produce his bread."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French word artisan, which traces back to the Old Italian artigiano and ultimately to the Vulgar Latin *artitianus, a derivative of Latin ars meaning 'art' or 'skill'. Historically used to describe a master craftsman who creates things by hand, the term has evolved in modern contexts to denote specialty or high-quality goods produced in traditional ways.

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