different between artisan vs artifice

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.

English

Etymology

From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???(?)t?f?s/

Noun

artifice (countable and uncountable, plural artifices)

1. A crafty but underhanded deception.
2. A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
3. A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
4. A tactical move to gain advantage.
5. (archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.

Translations

Verb

artifice (third-person singular simple present artifices, present participle artificing, simple past and past participle artificed)

1. To construct by means of skill or specialised art

Related terms

• artificial

Further reading

• artifice at OneLook Dictionary Search
• artifice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• actifier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin artificium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.ti.fis/

Noun

artifice m (plural artifices)

1. artifice, trick, ploy
2. (literary) device

Derived terms

• artificiel
• feu d'artifice
• sans artifice

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

artifice

1. ablative singular of artifex