Dictionary

workmanship en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɜːk.mən.ʃɪp/
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Etymology

From Middle English werkmanschipe, equivalent to workman + -ship.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The skill of an artisan or craftsman.
   • The standard of workmanship from Eastleigh Locomotive Works has often been acknowledged as being of a high order and this standard will have to be maintained - improved, even - when motive power other than steam is the mainstay of our railway system. 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 163:
2. (countable, uncountable) The quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman.
   • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship. 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:

Forms

Synonyms

craftsmanship

Translations (34)

bg майсторство (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · hu megmunkálás (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · de (handwerkliche) Ausführung (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · es factura (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · hu szakmai/mesterségbeli tudás/ismeret/felkészültség (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · es calidad de fabricación (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · hu kidolgozottság (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · hu szakszerűség (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · hu kivitelezés (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · te పనితనము (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · de (handwerkliche) Ausführung (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · de (handwerkliches) Können (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · de (handwerkliche) Verarbeitung (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · es calidad de artesano (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · fi ammattitaito (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · hu kiállítás (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · fi työn laatu (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · es hechura (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · de (fachmännische) Verarbeitung (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · hu kidolgozás (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · hu elkészítés (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · pl fachowa robota (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · hu kivitel (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · pl fachowość (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · enm werkmanschipe (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · yi אויסאַרבעטונג (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · te పనితనము (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · am አሠራር (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · hy վարպետություն (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · de (fachmännische) Verarbeitung (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · enm werkmanschipe (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · hu megmunkáltság (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman) · tr işçilik (the skill of an artisan or craftsman) · hu szaktudás (the skill of an artisan or craftsman)