Handicraft

Hand′i-craft

(hănd′ĭ-krȧft)

,

Noun.

[For

handcraft

, influenced by

handiwork

; AS.

handcræft

.]

1.

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

Addison.

2.

A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.

[R.]

Dryden.

Handicraft

HAND'ICR`AFT

,

Noun.

Manual occupation; work performed by the hand.

1.

A man who obtains his living by manual labor; one skilled in some mechanical art.

handicraft

English

Noun

handicraft ‎(countable and uncountable, plural handicrafts)

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
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An artifact produced by handicraft.
(rare) A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
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Synonyms

handcraft

Derived terms

handicrafted
handicrafting

Translations

trade requiring skill of hand

Albanian: artizanat (sq), zejtari (sq)
Arabic: حِرْفَة يَدَوِيَّة f ‎(ḥirfa yadawiyya)
Armenian: արհեստ (hy) ‎(arhest)
Belarusian: рамясло n ‎(ramjasló)
Bulgarian: занаят (bg) m ‎(zanajat)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手工業 (zh), 手工业 (zh) ‎(shǒugōngyè), 手藝 (zh), 手艺 (zh) ‎(shǒuyì), 手工藝 (zh), 手工艺 (zh) ‎(shǒugōngyì)
Czech: řemeslo (cs) n
Dutch: ambacht (nl) f
Finnish: käsityötaito
French: artisanat (fr) m
German: Handarbeit (de) f, Handwerk (de) n, Kunsthandwerk (de) n
Greek: χειροτεχνία (el) f ‎(cheirotechnía)
Hebrew: אֻמָּנוּת (he) f ‎(umanút)
Inari Sami: tyeji
Irish: lámhcheardaíocht f, lámhcheird f

Italian: artigianato (it) m
Japanese: 手工芸 ‎(しゅこうげい, shukōgei)
Lithuanian: amatas m
Northern Sami: duodji
Polish: rękodzieło, rzemiosło (pl) n
Portuguese: artesanato (pt) m
Romanian: meserie (ro)
Russian: ремесло́ (ru) n ‎(remesló), ручна́я рабо́та f ‎(ručnája rabóta), рукоде́лие (ru) n ‎(rukodélije)
Slovak: remeslo (sk) n
Spanish: artesanía (es)
Swedish: hantverk (sv) n
Tagalog: pagkikimot
Telugu: హస్తకళ (te) ‎(hastakaḷa)
Turkish: el işi (tr), zanaat (tr)
Ukrainian: ремесло n ‎(remesló)
Yiddish: מלאָכה f ‎(melokhe)

artifact

Finnish: käsityö (fi)

Macedonian: ракотворба f ‎(rakotvorba)
Tagalog: kinimot

handicraftsman

Armenian: արհեստավոր ‎(arhestavor)
Bulgarian: занаятчия (bg) m ‎(zanajatčija)
Finnish: käsityöläinen (fi)
Greek: χειροτέχνης (el) m ‎(cheirotéchnis)

Portuguese: artesão (pt) m
Tagalog: mangingimot
Turkish: zanaatkâr (tr)

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Handicraft

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Handicraft

HAND'ICR`AFT

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