artificial

English

Etymology

Via Old French (French: artificiel), from Latin artificialis from artificium (“skill”), from artifex, from ars (“skill”), and -fex, from facere (“to make”).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: ä(r)təfĭsh'əl, IPA(key): /ɑː(ɹ)təˈfɪʃəl/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃəl

Adjective

artificial (comparative more artificial, superlative most artificial)

  1. Man-made; of artifice.
    • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
      An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.
    The flowers were artificial, and he thought them rather tacky.
  2. False, misleading.
    Her manner was somewhat artificial.
  3. Unnatural.

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See also

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin artificiālis.

Adjective

artificial (plural artificials)

  1. artificial

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin artificiālis.

Adjective

artificial (epicene, plural artificiales)

  1. artificial

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin artificiālis.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əɾ.ti.fi.siˈal/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ər.ti.fi.siˈal/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /aɾ.ti.fi.siˈal/

Adjective

artificial (masculine and feminine plural artificials)

  1. artificial
    Antonym: natural

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Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From Latin artificiālis.

Adjective

artificial m or f (plural artificiais)

  1. artificial

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Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin artificiālis.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾtifiˈsjaɫ/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ti‧fi‧ci‧al
  • Audio (BR)(file)
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Adjective

artificial m or f (plural artificiais, comparable)

  1. artificial

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Romanian

Adjective

artificial m or n (feminine singular artificială, masculine plural artificiali, feminine and neuter plural artificiale)

  1. artificial

Declension
declension of artificial
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative		 indefinite artificial artificială artificiali artificiale
definite artificialul artificiala artificialii artificialele
genitive/
dative		 indefinite artificial artificiale artificiali artificiale
definite artificialului artificialei artificialilor artificialelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin artificiālis

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /artifiˈθjal/, [art̪ifiˈθjal]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /artifiˈsjal/, [art̪ifiˈsjal]
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ti‧fi‧cial

Adjective

artificial (plural artificiales)

  1. artificial

Derived terms
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