artesão

Portuguese

artesão

Etymology

Borrowed from French artisan, from Italian artigiano, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/ [ah.teˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/ [ah.teˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/ [aɾ.teˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/ [aχ.teˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/ [aɻ.teˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.tɨˈzɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: ar‧te‧são

Noun

artesão m (plural artesãos, feminine artesã, feminine plural artesãs)

1. artisan, craftsman (skilled manual worker)

Derived terms

• artesanal
• artesanato

Related terms

• arte, artista

Further reading

• “artesão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024