artisan
French, noun/aʁ.ti.zɑ̃/
artisan is spelled A-R-T-I-S-A-N (7 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written French, the 10,655th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Artisan is a French masculine noun meaning “artisan (manual worker)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui exerce un métier mécanique ou manuel, qui suit les règles d’un art établi, par opposition aux…”.
What does artisan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineartisan (manual worker)
- 2
masculinecreator; innovator; inventor; architect
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui relève d’un métier mécanique ou manuel.
noun: 1. Celui qui exerce un métier mécanique ou manuel, qui suit les règles d’un art établi, par opposition aux métiers dits industriels où la production est fournie par des automates. 2. Celui qui est l’auteur, l’origine de quelque chose. 3. Désignation du grade d’un membre du Corps royal canadien des ingénieurs électriciens et mécaniciens détenant le grade de soldat.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of artisan
- artisans plural
- artisane feminine
- artisanes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce artisan?
- /aʁ.ti.zɑ̃/
- \aʁ.ti.zɑ̃\
- [aʁ.ti.zɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to artisan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is artisan in French?
artisan appears 5.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).