artifice

See also artífice

English

Etymology

From Middle French artifice < Latin artificium.

Noun

artifice (plural artifices)

1. A crafty but underhanded deception.
2. A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
3. A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
4. A tactical move to gain advantage.

Translations

crafty but underhanded deception

Bulgarian: хитрина French: artifice, feinte Ido: artifico

Romanian: artificial (ro) m. Serbian: smicalica, lukavstvo Spanish: artificio (es) m.

Related terms

• artificial

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin artificium.

Noun

artifice m. (plural artifices)

1. artifice, trick, ploy
2. (literary) device

Derived terms

• sans artifice

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Latin

Noun

artifice

1. ablative singular of artifex