"handiwork" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhændiˌwɜːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhændiˌwɝk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-handiwork.ogg [US] Forms: handiworks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English hondywerk, handiwerc, from Old English handġeweorc (“work done by hand, creation”), from hand (“hand”) + ġeweorc (“work”), equal to hand + work. Compare Saterland Frisian Hondwierk, Dutch handwerk, German Handwerk. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hondywerk}} Middle English hondywerk, {{m|enm|handiwerc}} handiwerc, {{inh|en|ang|handġeweorc||work done by hand, creation}} Old English handġeweorc (“work done by hand, creation”), {{m|ang|hand||hand}} hand (“hand”), {{m|ang|ġeweorc||work}} ġeweorc (“work”), {{compound|en|hand|work}} hand + work, {{cog|stq|Hondwierk}} Saterland Frisian Hondwierk, {{cog|nl|handwerk}} Dutch handwerk, {{cog|de|Handwerk}} German Handwerk Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} handiwork (usually uncountable, plural handiworks)
  1. Work done by the hands. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms (work done by the hands): handwork Translations (work done by the hands): punëdore (Albanian), χειρωναξία (kheirōnaxía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ръкоделие (rǎkodelie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 手工 (sau² gung¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 手工 (shǒugōng) (Chinese Mandarin), käsityö (Finnish), kézzel végzett munka (Hungarian), kézimunka (Hungarian), kerajinan tangan (Indonesian), trabalho manual [masculine] (Portuguese), ручная рабо́та (ručnaja rabóta) (Russian), hechura (Spanish), చేసేత (cēsēta) (Telugu), చేతిపని (cētipani) (Telugu), el işi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-handiwork-en-noun-29w7U5KO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 8 30 34 Disambiguation of 'work done by the hands': 80 1 19 1 Disambiguation of 'work done by the hands': 80 1 19 1
  2. A handmade object; a handicraft. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-handiwork-en-noun-n7WpCBYX
  3. Work done personally. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-handiwork-en-noun-hO4BkRNv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 8 30 34
  4. The result of personal efforts. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the result of personal efforts): (keze) munkája (Hungarian), műve (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-handiwork-en-noun-50rPW86m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 8 30 34 Disambiguation of 'the result of personal efforts': 3 1 3 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: handywork [dated]

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