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invention
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French invencion, envention, from the Latin inventi?, from inveni?. Doublet of inventio.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?v?n??n/
Noun
invention (countable and uncountable, plural inventions)
- Something invented.
- (here signifying a process or mechanism not previously devised)
- (here signifying a fiction created for a particular purpose)
- 1944 November 28, Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
- Warren Sheffield is telephoning Rose long distance at half past six. […] Personally, I wouldn't marry a man who proposed to me over an invention.
- The act of inventing.
- The capacity to invent.
- (music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
- 1880, George Grove (editor and entry author), A Dictionary of Music and Musicians II, London: Macmillan & Co., page 15, Invention:
- INVENTION.?A term used by J. S. Bach, and probably by him only, for small pianoforte pieces?—?15 in 2 parts and 15 in 3 parts?—?each developing a single idea, and in some measure answering to the Impromptu of a later day.
- 1880, George Grove (editor and entry author), A Dictionary of Music and Musicians II, London: Macmillan & Co., page 15, Invention:
- (archaic) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.
Synonyms
- discovery
Related terms
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “invention”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inventi?, inventi?nem, from invenio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.v??.sj??/
Noun
invention f (plural inventions)
- invention
Derived terms
- la nécessité est la mère de l'invention
Related terms
- inventer
- inventeur
Further reading
- “invention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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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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