Standard Lemma guide

handicraft

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhændɪkɹæft/
  • /ˈhændɪkɹɑːft/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 N D IY0 K R AE2 F T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An artifact produced by handicraft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a craft that requires skillful hands

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trade, craft, arts and crafts

Narrower terms: bookbinding, sewing, stitching, spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting, lace making, tatting, needlework, needlecraft

5

noun

Meaning 5

a work produced by hand labor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: handcraft, handiwork, handwork

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: work, piece of work

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: artizanat — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Albanian: zejtari — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Arabic: حِرْفَة يَدَوِيَّة — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Armenian: արհեստ (arhest) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Belarusian: рамясло́ (ramjasló) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Bulgarian: заная́т (zanaját) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Catalan: artesania — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手工業 /手工业 (shǒugōngyè) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手藝 /手艺 (shǒuyì) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手工藝 /手工艺 (shǒugōngyì) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Cornish: dornweyth — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Czech: řemeslo — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Dutch: ambacht — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Finnish: käsityötaito — trade requiring skill of hand
  • French: artisanat — trade requiring skill of hand
  • German: Handarbeit — trade requiring skill of hand
  • German: Handwerk — trade requiring skill of hand
  • German: Kunsthandwerk — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Greek: χειροτεχνία (cheirotechnía) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Ancient Greek: χειρωναξία (kheirōnaxía) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Hebrew: אומנות — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Hebrew: אֻמָּנוּת (umanút) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Icelandic: iðn — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Indonesian: kerajinan — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Irish: lámhcheardaíocht — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Irish: lámhcheird — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Italian: artigianato — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Japanese: 手工芸 (shukōgei) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Japanese: 手芸 (shugei) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Korean: 수공예 (sugong'ye) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Korean: 수예 (suye) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Lithuanian: amatas — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: håndverk — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kunsthåndverk — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Polish: rękodzieło — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Polish: rzemiosło — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Portuguese: artesanato — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Romanian: meserie — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Russian: ремесло́ (remesló) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Russian: ручна́я рабо́та (ručnája rabóta) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Russian: рукоде́лие (rukodélije) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Inari-Sami: tyeji — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Northern Sami: duodji — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Slovak: remeslo — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Spanish: artesanía — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Swedish: hantverk — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Swedish: handarbete — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Tagalog: pagkikimot — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Telugu: హస్తకళ (hastakaḷa) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Tokelauan: mea taulima — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Turkish: el işi — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Turkish: zanaat — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Ottoman Turkish: صنعت (sanʼat, zanʼat) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Udmurt: ӧнер (öńer) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Ukrainian: ремесло́ (remesló) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Vietnamese: thủ công — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Vietnamese: thủ công nghiệp — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Welsh: crefft — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Yiddish: מלאָכה (melokhe) — trade requiring skill of hand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工藝品 /工艺品 (gōngyìpǐn) — artifact
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手工藝品 /手工艺品 (shǒugōngyìpǐn) — artifact
  • Finnish: käsityö — artifact
  • German: Handarbeit — artifact
  • German: Handwerksprodukt — artifact
  • German: Handarbeitsprodukt — artifact
  • Indonesian: kriya — artifact
  • Indonesian: kerajinan tangan — artifact
  • Indonesian: pekerjaan tangan — artifact
  • Indonesian: prakarya — artifact
  • Japanese: 工芸品 (kōgeihin) — artifact
  • Japanese: 手工芸品 (shukōgeihin) — artifact
  • Korean: 공예품 (gong'yepum) — artifact
  • Korean: 수공예품 (sugong'yepum) — artifact
  • Macedonian: ракотворба (rakotvorba) — artifact
  • Polish: rękodzieło — artifact
  • Tagalog: kinimot — artifact
  • Armenian: արհեստավոր (arhestavor) — handicraftsman
  • Bulgarian: занаятчи́я (zanajatčíja) — handicraftsman
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手工藝人 /手工艺人 (shǒugōng yìrén) — handicraftsman
  • Finnish: käsityöläinen — handicraftsman
  • German: Helfer — handicraftsman
  • German: Handwerker — handicraftsman
  • Greek: χειροτέχνης (cheirotéchnis) — handicraftsman
  • Indonesian: pengrajin — handicraftsman
  • Polish: rzemiosło — handicraftsman
  • Portuguese: artesão — handicraftsman
  • Tagalog: mangingimot — handicraftsman
  • Turkish: zanaatkâr — handicraftsman
  • Vietnamese: thợ thủ công — handicraftsman