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artifice
English
Etymology
From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???(?)t?f?s/
Noun
artifice (countable and uncountable, plural artifices)
- A crafty but underhanded deception.
- A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
- A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
- A tactical move to gain advantage.
- (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)
- 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)
- artifice, trick, ploy
- (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
- ablative singular of artifex
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artificial
English
Etymology
From Middle English artificial (“man-made”) via Old French (modern French artificiel), from Latin artificialis from artificium (“skill”), from artifex, from ars (“skill”), and -fex, from facere (“to make”). Displaced native Old English cræftl??.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ä(r)t?f?sh'?l, IPA(key): /??(?)t??f???l/
- Rhymes: -???l
Adjective
artificial (comparative more artificial, superlative most artificial)
- Man-made; of artifice.
- False, misleading.
- Unnatural.
Synonyms
- artificious
Antonyms
- (unnatural): natural
Derived terms
Related terms
- artifact
- artifice
- artificer
Translations
See also
- fake
References
- artificial at OneLook Dictionary Search
- artificial in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- artificial in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin artifici?lis.
Adjective
artificial (plural artificials)
- artificial
Derived terms
- intelichencia artificial
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin artifici?lis.
Adjective
artificial (epicene, plural artificiales)
- artificial
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin artifici?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /??.ti.fi.si?al/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?r.ti.fi.si?al/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a?.ti.fi.si?al/
Adjective
artificial (masculine and feminine plural artificials)
- artificial
- Antonym: natural
Derived terms
- artificialment
- intel·ligència artificial
- selecció artificial
Further reading
- “artificial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
From Latin artifici?lis.
Adjective
artificial m or f (plural artificiais)
- artificial
Derived terms
- artificialmente
Further reading
- “artificial” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin artifici?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /??tifi?sja?/
- Hyphenation: ar?ti?fi?ci?al
Adjective
artificial m or f (plural artificiais, comparable)
- artificial
Derived terms
- artificialmente
Romanian
Etymology
From French artificiel, from Latin artificialis.
Adjective
artificial m or n (feminine singular artificial?, masculine plural artificiali, feminine and neuter plural artificiale)
- artificial
Declension
Related terms
- artificializa
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin artifici?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /a?tifi??jal/, [a?.t?i.fi??jal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /a?tifi?sjal/, [a?.t?i.fi?sjal]
- Hyphenation: ar?ti?fi?cial
Adjective
artificial (plural artificiales)
- artificial
Derived terms
Related terms
- artificio
- artificioso
Further reading
- “artificial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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