different between artificial vs animat

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)

1. Man-made; of artifice.

2. False, misleading.

3. 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)

1. artificial

Derived terms

• intelichencia artificial

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin artifici?lis.

Adjective

artificial (epicene, plural artificiales)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. artificial

Derived terms

Related terms

• artificio
• artificioso

Further reading

• “artificial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

First used by S. W. Wilson in 1991.

Noun

animat (plural animats)

1. An artificial animal.

See also

• robot

Anagrams

• Mantia, manati, manita

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin animat-, stem of anim?tus, perfect passive participle of anim? (“I live”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?.ni?mat/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.ni?mat/
• Rhymes: -at

Adjective

animat (feminine animada, masculine plural animats, feminine plural animades)

1. animate (possessing life)

   Antonym: inanimat

2. (by extension) animate (lively, energetic)
3. (heraldry) indicating that a portion of a charge is different in tincture from rest of the charge, such as with the eyes of an animal or the flames of a grenade

Derived terms

• animadament

Verb

animat m (feminine animada, masculine plural animats, feminine plural animades)

1. past participle of animar

Latin

Verb

animat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of anim?

Middle English

Adjective

animat

1. Alternative form of animate

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of anima.

Adjective

animat m or n (feminine singular animat?, masculine plural anima?i, feminine and neuter plural animate)

1. animated

Declension