noun
Meaning 1
Work done by the hands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
handiwork
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhændiˌwɜːk/
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General-American: /ˈhændiˌwɝk/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 N D IY0 W ER2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A handmade object; a handicraft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- The Museum of Popular Arts showcases Portugal's finest handiworks.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Work done personally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- The street names are the handiwork of city planners.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The result of personal efforts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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: handicraft, handcraft, handwork
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: work, piece of work
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Old English ġeweorc Old English handġeweorc Middle English hondywerk English handiwork From Middle English hondywerk, handiwerc, from Old English handġeweorc (“work done by hand, creation”), from hand (“hand”) + ġeweorc (“work”). Equivalent to hand + work, though it may now be reinterpreted as handy (“skilful”) + work. Compare Saterland Frisian Hondwierk, Dutch handwerk, German Handwerk.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: punëdore — work done by the hands
- Bulgarian: ръкоделие (rǎkodelie) — work done by the hands
- Chinese Cantonese: 手工 (sau2 gung1) — work done by the hands
- Chinese Mandarin: 手工 (shǒugōng) — work done by the hands
- Finnish: käsityö — work done by the hands
- Ancient Greek: χειρωναξία (kheirōnaxía) — work done by the hands
- Hungarian: kézzel végzett munka — work done by the hands
- Indonesian: kerajinan tangan — work done by the hands
- Portuguese: trabalho manual — work done by the hands
- Russian: ручная рабо́та (ručnaja rabóta) — work done by the hands
- Spanish: hechura — work done by the hands
- Telugu: చేసేత (cēsēta) — work done by the hands
- Telugu: చేతిపని (cētipani) — work done by the hands
- Turkish: el işi — work done by the hands
- Hungarian: kézimunka — handmade object; handicraft
- Hungarian: (keze) munkája — the result of personal efforts
- Hungarian: műve — the result of personal efforts