different between artifice vs artefact

English

Etymology

From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???(?)t?f?s/

Noun

artifice (countable and uncountable, plural artifices)

1. A crafty but underhanded deception.
2. A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
3. A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
4. A tactical move to gain advantage.
5. (archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.

Translations

Verb

artifice (third-person singular simple present artifices, present participle artificing, simple past and past participle artificed)

1. To construct by means of skill or specialised art

Related terms

• artificial

Further reading

• artifice at OneLook Dictionary Search
• artifice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• actifier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin artificium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.ti.fis/

Noun

artifice m (plural artifices)

1. artifice, trick, ploy
2. (literary) device

Derived terms

• artificiel
• feu d'artifice
• sans artifice

Further reading

• “artifice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Noun

artifice

1. ablative singular of artifex

English

Etymology

From Latin arte factum.

Noun

artefact (plural artefacts)

1. (Australian spelling, British spelling) Alternative spelling of artifact

Translations

References

• “artefact”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• farctate

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r.t?.f?kt/
• Hyphenation: ar?te?fact

Noun

artefact n (plural artefacten, diminutive artefactje n)

1. artifact

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: artefak

French

Noun

artefact m (plural artefacts)

1. Alternative form of artéfact

Romanian

Etymology

From French artéfact

Noun

artefact n (uncountable)

1. artifact

Declension