"workmanship" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɜːk.mən.ʃɪp/ Forms: workmanships [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English werkmanschipe, equivalent to workman + -ship. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|werkmanschipe}} Middle English werkmanschipe, {{suffix|en|workman|ship}} workman + -ship Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} workmanship (countable and uncountable, plural workmanships)
  1. The skill of an artisan or craftsman. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the skill of an artisan or craftsman): վարպետություն (varpetutʻyun) (Armenian), майсторство (majstorstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ammattitaito (Finnish), (handwerkliches) Können [neuter] (German), (fachmännische) Verarbeitung [feminine] (German), (handwerkliche) Ausführung [feminine] (German), szakmai/mesterségbeli tudás/ismeret/felkészültség (Hungarian), szaktudás (Hungarian), fachowość [feminine] (Polish), calidad de artesano [feminine] (Spanish), పనితనము (panitanamu) (Telugu), אויסאַרבעטונג (oysarbetung) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-workmanship-en-noun-5p93~Vr0 Disambiguation of 'the skill of an artisan or craftsman': 91 9
  2. The quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman): työn laatu (Finnish), (handwerkliche) Verarbeitung [feminine] (German), (fachmännische) Verarbeitung [feminine] (German), (handwerkliche) Ausführung [feminine] (German), kivitelezés (Hungarian), kidolgozás (Hungarian), kivitel (Hungarian), kiállítás (Hungarian), elkészítés (Hungarian), szakszerűség (Hungarian), kidolgozottság (Hungarian), megmunkáltság (Hungarian), megmunkálás (Hungarian), fachowa robota [feminine] (Polish), calidad de fabricación [feminine] (Spanish), hechura (Spanish), factura (Spanish), పనితనము (panitanamu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-workmanship-en-noun-p5yqtgFR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ship Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ship: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: craftsmanship

Inflected forms

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