"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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ship: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 22 78 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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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman",
      "word": "megmunkáltság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman",
      "word": "megmunkálás"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fachowa robota"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calidad de fabricación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman",
      "word": "hechura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman",
      "word": "factura"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "panitanamu",
      "sense": "the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman",
      "word": "పనితనము"
    }
  ],
  "word": "workmanship"
}

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