artificial
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
artificial (comparative more artificial, superlative most artificial)
- Man-made; of artifice.
- 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist[1], 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.
- False, misleading.
- Her manner was somewhat artificial.
- Unnatural.
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
- (unnatural): natural
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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.
AragoneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin artificiālis.
AdjectiveEdit
artificial (plural artificials)
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AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin artificiālis.
AdjectiveEdit
artificial (epicene, plural artificiales)
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin artificiālis.
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /əɾ.ti.fi.siˈal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ər.ti.fi.siˈal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /aɾ.ti.fi.siˈal/
AdjectiveEdit
artificial (masculine and feminine plural artificials)
- artificial
- Antonym: natural
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Further readingEdit
- “artificial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin artificiālis.
AdjectiveEdit
artificial m or f (plural artificiais)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “artificial” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin artificiālis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
artificial m or f (plural artificiais, comparable)
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RomanianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
artificial m or n (feminine singular artificială, masculine plural artificiali, feminine and neuter plural artificiale)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 |
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SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin artificiālis.
PronunciationEdit
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /artifiˈθjal/, [art̪ifiˈθjal]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /artifiˈsjal/, [art̪ifiˈsjal]
- Hyphenation: ar‧ti‧fi‧cial
AdjectiveEdit
artificial (plural artificiales)
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Further readingEdit
- “artificial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.