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Meaning of handicraft | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈhændɪkɹæft

Definitions

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
countable, uncountable
An artifact produced by handicraft.
countable, uncountable
A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الحرفة حِرْفَة يَدَوِيَّة صناعة صناعي

Български занаят

Bosanski rukotvorina zanat занат

Čeština řemeslo

Deutsch Handarbeit Handarbeitsprodukt Handwerk Handwerker Handwerksprodukt Helfer Kleinkunst Kunsthandwerk Nähzeug Werken

Ελληνικά βιοτεχνία χειροτέχνης χειροτεχνία

Español artesanía

Suomi askartelu käsiteollisuus käsityö käsityöläinen käsityötaito

Français artisanat

Gaeilge lámhcheardaíocht lámhcheird

עברית אומנות אמנות

हिन्दी हस्तशिल्प

Hrvatski rukotvorina zanat занат

Հայերեն արհեստ արհեստավոր

Bahasa Indonesia hasta karya kerajinan kerajinan tangan kriya pekerjaan tangan pengrajin prakarya

Íslenska iðn

Italiano artigianato

日本語工作工芸品手手工芸手工芸品手職手芸自作

한국어 공예 공예품 수공업 수공예 수공예품 수예 자작

Lietuvių amatas

Македонски ракотворба

Nederlands ambacht

Polski rękodzieło robótka rzemiosło

Português artesanato artesão

Română meserie

Русский ремесло́ рукоделие ручна́я рабо́та

Shqip artizanat zejtari

Српски rukotvorina zanat занат

Svenska hantverk hemslöjd slöjd

తెలుగు హస్తకళ

Türkçe el işi zanaat zanaatkâr

Українська ремесло

Tiếng Việt thợ thủ công thủ công thủ công nghiệp

Examples

“I regard the Grand Seignior , who is obliged , by an express command in the Alcoran , to learn and practise some handicraft trade”

“his men were all baſe handie craftes, as coblers, and curriers, and tinkers, whereof ſome had barres of yron[…]”

“the Handicrafts-Shops begin to open”

“The M[e]chanicks, and handy-crafts were Induſtrious, Thrifty, and the main ſupporters of the Trade of France.”

“"Why, thou knowest, father," he said, smiling, "that we handicrafts best love the folks we live by;[…]”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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