different between item vs artifact
item
English
Etymology
From Middle English item, from Latin item (“also; in the same manner”). The present English meaning derives from a usage in lists, where the first entry would begin in primis (“firstly”) or imprimis, and the other entries with item (“also, moreover”). Later, people less familiar with Latin, seeing such lists, took the word "item" as meaning "a member of a list".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?t?m/
- (US) IPA(key): [?a????m], [?a???m?]
- Hyphenation: item
Noun
item (plural items)
- A distinct physical object.
- (by extension, video games) An object that can be picked up for later use.
- A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
- (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.
- A matter for discussion in an agenda.
- (informal) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.
- 2010, Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, Baby
- Are we an item? Girl, quit playin' / "We're just friends," what are you sayin'?
- 2010, Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, Baby
- A short article in a newspaper.
- (obsolete) A hint; an innuendo.
- A secret item was given to some of the bishops […] to absent themselves.
Synonyms
- (object): article, object, thing
- (line of text having a legal or semantic meaning):
- (matter for discussion): subject, topic
- (two people who are having a relationship with each other): couple
- (psychometrics): test/assessment question
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
item (third-person singular simple present items, present participle iteming, simple past and past participle itemed)
- (transitive) To make a note of.
Related terms
- itemize
Adverb
item (not comparable)
- likewise
Anagrams
- -time, METI, emit, it me, mite, time
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??t?m]
Adverb
item
- (archaic) as well
- Synonyms: také, rovn?ž, dále, krom? toho
Further reading
- item in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- item in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
Latin.
Adverb
item
- same; in the same way
Further reading
- “item” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin item.
Adverb
item
- (law) in the same way.
Etymology 2
From English item, from Latin item.
Noun
item m (invariable)
- (computer science) A single programmed unit.
- (linguistics) An element of a grammatical or lexical set.
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *éy and *só. Compare ita and itidem.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?i.tem/, [??t????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?i.tem/, [?i?t??m]
Adverb
item (not comparable)
- just like (in a comparison)
Related terms
References
- item in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- item in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- item in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Etymology
From Latin item.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?t?m/
Adverb
item
- also, and this.
References
- “item, adv. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.
Noun
item
- the same; identical.
Descendants
- English: item
- Scots: eetem
References
- “item, adv. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.
Middle French
Etymology
Latin.
Adverb
item
- same; in the same way
Old French
Etymology
Latin.
Adverb
item
- same; in the same way
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin item (“also; in the same manner”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?i.t?m/, /?i.t??j?/
- Hyphenation: i?tem
Noun
item m (plural itens)
- item
- A matter for discussion in an agenda or elsewhere.
- A line of text with some meaning.
item From the web:
- what items does goodwill accept
- what items cannot be returned to walmart
- what itemized deductions are allowed in 2020
- what items can be recycled
- what items are recyclable
- what items are fsa eligible
- what item level for mythic dungeons
- what items are exempt from sales tax
artifact
English
Etymology
Alteration of artefact, from Italian artefatto, from Latin arte (“by skill”) (ablative of ars (“art”)) + factum (“thing made”) (from facio (“to make, do”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???t?fækt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???t?fækt/, [-??-], [-??-]
- Hyphenation: ar?ti?fact
Noun
artifact (plural artifacts)
- An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.
- An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
- Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element.
- 2004, Philip Weiss, American Taboo: A Murder In The Peace Corps
- The very act of looking at a naked model was an artifact of male supremacy.
- 2004, Philip Weiss, American Taboo: A Murder In The Peace Corps
- A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error.
- (archaeology) An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.
- (biology) An appearance or structure in protoplasm due to death, the method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.
- (computing) A perceptible distortion that appears in an audio or video file or a digital image as a result of applying a lossy compression algorithm.
Usage notes
The spelling artifact is preferred by most American dictionaries, while artefact is the preferred spelling in Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary with artifact listed as a variant.
Alternative forms
- artefact (Australian and British spelling)
Translations
Further reading
- artifact in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “artifact”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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