different between artesian vs artisan

English

Etymology

From French puits artésien (“artesian well”), from the former province of Artois, where the technique of artesian wells was elaborated by monks in the 12th century.The place name is from Old French Arteis, from Atrebates, a pre-Roman Gallo-Germanic tribe in northwestern Gaul, from Proto-Celtic *ad-treb-a-t-es (“inhabitants”), from *treb? (“home, building”); see also Middle Breton treff (“city”), Welsh tref (“town”), and Old Irish treb (“farm, building”) – all from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“settlement”) (same source as Old English þorp (“village”), Lithuanian troba (“house”), and Occitan trevar (“to live in a village or house”)). See also Old Irish aittrebaid (“inhabitant”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???ti??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ti???n/
• Hyphenation: ar?te?sian

Adjective

artesian (not comparable)

1. (of a water supply) Rising to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.

Derived terms

• artesian well
• artesian bore

Translations

Anagrams

• Erastian, antisera, arsinate, ratanies, resinata, santeria, santería

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

Related terms

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.