🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

artesão

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ar-te-zão

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

"O artesão criou peças de cerâmica impressionantes."

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, ultimately rooted in the Latin ars meaning 'art' or 'skill'. It entered the English language in the late 16th century, historically referring to someone who practiced a trade manually or created things by hand with specialized craft.

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