Dictionary

handicraft en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhændɪkɹæft/
• /ˈhændɪkɹɑːft/
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Etymology

For handcraft, influenced by handiwork; Old English handcræft. By surface analysis, handy + -craft.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
   • I regard the Grand Seignior , who is obliged , by an express command in the Alcoran , to learn and practise some handicraft trade 1712 April 25 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “MONDAY, April 15, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 354; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
2. (countable, uncountable) An artifact produced by handicraft.
3. (countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable) A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
   • "Why, thou knowest, father," he said, smiling, "that we handicrafts best love the folks we live by;[…] 1828 (reprinted 1842), Sir Walter Scott, The Fair Maid of Perth, Schlesinger:
   • the Handicrafts-Shops begin to open 1672, John Dryden, The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery:
   • The M[e]chanicks, and handy-crafts were Induſtrious, Thrifty, and the main ſupporters of the Trade of France. 1691, Sam Norris, The English Spy; Or, the Intrigues, Pollicies, and Stratagems of the French King with His Secret Contrivances, for Undermining the Princes of Christendom, Discovered:
   • his men were all baſe handie craftes, as coblers, and curriers, and tinkers, whereof ſome had barres of yron[…] 1596, Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traueller: or, The Life of Jacke Wilton:

Forms

Deriveds

handicraftman · handicraftship · handicrafting · handicrafted · handicrafter · handicraftswoman · handicraftsman

Synonyms

handcraft

Translations (89)

cmn 手工藝品 /手工艺品 (artifact) · grc χειρωναξία (trade requiring skill of hand) · tr zanaatkâr (handicraftsman) · vi thủ công nghiệp (trade requiring skill of hand) · ko 공예품 (artifact) · tkl mea taulima (trade requiring skill of hand) · id kriya (artifact) · id prakarya (artifact) · hy արհեստավոր (handicraftsman) · yi מלאָכה (trade requiring skill of hand) · de Handwerk (trade requiring skill of hand) · cy crefft (trade requiring skill of hand) · tr el işi (trade requiring skill of hand) · ca artesania (trade requiring skill of hand) · sv hantverk (trade requiring skill of hand) · hy արհեստ (trade requiring skill of hand) · mk ракотворба (artifact) · id pengrajin (handicraftsman) · ko 수공예품 (artifact) · tl pagkikimot (trade requiring skill of hand) · bg заная́т (trade requiring skill of hand) · de Handwerksprodukt (artifact) · sq artizanat (trade requiring skill of hand) · ja 手芸 (trade requiring skill of hand) · cmn 手工業 /手工业 (trade requiring skill of hand) · he אומנות (trade requiring skill of hand) · pl rękodzieło (trade requiring skill of hand) · sv handarbete (trade requiring skill of hand) · fi käsityöläinen (handicraftsman) · pt artesanato (trade requiring skill of hand) · be рамясло́ (trade requiring skill of hand) · ga lámhcheardaíocht (trade requiring skill of hand) · nb kunsthåndverk (trade requiring skill of hand) · sq zejtari (trade requiring skill of hand) · ja 手工芸 (trade requiring skill of hand) · kw dornweyth (trade requiring skill of hand) · se duodji (trade requiring skill of hand) · ko 수공예 (trade requiring skill of hand) · ro meserie (trade requiring skill of hand) · cs řemeslo (trade requiring skill of hand) · lt amatas (trade requiring skill of hand) · smn tyeji (trade requiring skill of hand) · vi thủ công (trade requiring skill of hand) · ru рукоде́лие (trade requiring skill of hand) · cmn 工藝品 /工艺品 (artifact) · pl rzemiosło (handicraftsman) · he אֻמָּנוּת (trade requiring skill of hand) · id kerajinan (trade requiring skill of hand) · de Handwerker (handicraftsman) · pl rzemiosło (trade requiring skill of hand) · el χειροτέχνης (handicraftsman) · vi thợ thủ công (handicraftsman) · ja 工芸品 (artifact) · is iðn (trade requiring skill of hand) · pl rękodzieło (artifact) · el χειροτεχνία (trade requiring skill of hand) · id kerajinan tangan (artifact) · fi käsityö (artifact) · cmn 手藝 /手艺 (trade requiring skill of hand) · ga lámhcheird (trade requiring skill of hand) · ru ремесло́ (trade requiring skill of hand) · ar حِرْفَة يَدَوِيَّة (trade requiring skill of hand) · de Helfer (handicraftsman) · tr zanaat (trade requiring skill of hand) · de Kunsthandwerk (trade requiring skill of hand) · cmn 手工藝人 /手工艺人 (handicraftsman) · de Handarbeit (artifact) · de Handarbeit (trade requiring skill of hand) · de Handarbeitsprodukt (artifact) · pt artesão (handicraftsman) · ota صنعت (trade requiring skill of hand) · bg занаятчи́я (handicraftsman) · te హస్తకళ (trade requiring skill of hand) · uk ремесло́ (trade requiring skill of hand) · it artigianato (trade requiring skill of hand) · fi käsityötaito (trade requiring skill of hand) · nb håndverk (trade requiring skill of hand) · tl kinimot (artifact) · ko 수예 (trade requiring skill of hand) · tl mangingimot (handicraftsman) · cmn 手工藝 /手工艺 (trade requiring skill of hand) · es manualidad (trade requiring skill of hand) · sk remeslo (trade requiring skill of hand) · udm ӧнер (trade requiring skill of hand) · id pekerjaan tangan (artifact) · ru ручна́я рабо́та (trade requiring skill of hand) · ja 手工芸品 (artifact) · fr artisanat (trade requiring skill of hand) · nl ambacht (trade requiring skill of hand)