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Etymology

From French puits artésien (“artesian well”), from the former province of Artois, where the technique of artesian wells was elaborated by monks in the 12th century.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈtiʒən/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈtiːʒən/
Hyphenation: ar‧te‧sian

Adjective

artesian (not comparable)

(of a water supply) Rising to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.
Misspelling of artisan.

Derived terms

Translations

rising to the surface

Albanian: artezian (sq)
Catalan: artesià
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自流 (zh) (zìliú)
Finnish: arteesinen
French: artésien (fr)
Georgian: არტეზიული (arṭeziuli)
German: artesisch (de)
Greek: αρτεσιανός (el) (artesianós)
Indonesian: artesis (id)
Irish: airtéiseach
Malay: artesian, artois
Polish: artezyjski (pl) (only in certain phrases)
Portuguese: artesiano (pt) m
Spanish: artesiano

Noun

artesian

Misspelling of artisan.
- 1997, Technical Report of the Sensitization Workshop on Culture, Gender & Development for Eastern & Southern African English Speaking Countries:
  Thus, it was offering training to these artesians, governmental and non-governmental organizations in wood, carpet, weaving, pottery, metal, bamboo works for three and six months.
- 2022 April 25, El-Mehairy, Medical Doctors: A Study of Role Concept and Job Satisfaction. The Egyptian Case, BRILL, →ISBN, page 82:
  Whereas, the opposite view was associated with the petit bourgeoisie which represented the small-scale productive sector of poor peasants, small land-owners and tenants, artesians and owners of small workshops […]

Anagrams

Erastian, antisera, arsinate, ratanies, resinata, santeria, santería

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