artificial

English

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Pronunciation

• enPR: ä(r)təfĭsh'əl, IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)təˈfɪʃəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃəl

Etymology

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

Adjective

artificial (comparative more artificial, superlative most artificial)

1. Man-made; of artifice.
   • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, 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.

Derived terms

• artificial consciousness
• artificial intelligence
• artificiality
• artificially

• artificialness
• artificial selection
• artificial turf

Related terms

• artifact
• artifice
• artificer

Translations

man-made

• Albanian: artificial (sq)
• Arabic: مُتَصَنَّع (mutaSannaʕ)
• Armenian: արհեստական (arhestakan)
• Asturian: artificial
• Bengali: কৃত্রিম (kritrim)
• Bulgarian: изкуствен (bg) (izkustven)
• Catalan: artificial (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人造的 (rénzào de)

• Czech: umělý (cs) m
• Dutch: artificieel (nl), kunstmatig (nl)
• Esperanto: artefarita
• Finnish: keinotekoinen (fi), teko- (in compounds), keino- (in compounds)
• French: artificiel (fr)
• Galician: artificial
• German: künstlich (de)
• Greek: τεχνητός (el) m (technitós)
• Hebrew: מלאכותי m (melakhuty), מלאכותית f (melakhutyt)

• Hungarian: mesterséges (hu)
• Italian: artificiale (it)
• Japanese: 人工の (ja) (jinkō no)
• Jèrriais: artificiel
• Macedonian: вештачки (véštački)
• Polish: sztuczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: artificial (pt)
• Romanian: artificial (ro) m, n
• Russian: искусственный (ru) m (iskússtv'ennyj)
• Sanskrit: कृत्रिम (kritrima)
• Scottish Gaelic: fuadain
• Serbo-Croatian: veštački
• Spanish: artificial (es)
• Swedish: konstgjord (sv)
• Telugu: కృత్రిమమైన (te) (kr̥trimamaina)
• Turkish: yapay (tr)
• Volapük: mekavik (vo)

false, misleading

• Albanian: artificial (sq)
• Armenian: արհեստական (arhestakan)
• Asturian: artificial
• Bulgarian: прикрит (bg) (prikrit)
• Catalan: artificial (ca), fals (ca)
• Dutch: kunstmatig (nl), nagemaakt (nl), artificieel (nl)
• Finnish: teennäinen
• German: künstlich (de)
• Greek: τεχνητός (el) m (technitós), επίπλαστος (el) m (epíplastos), υποκριτικός (el) m (ypokritikós)

• Italian: artificioso (it), falso (it)
• Macedonian: вештачки (véštački)
• Portuguese: artificial (pt), falso (pt)
• Romanian: fals (ro) m, n, artificial (ro) m, n
• Russian: искусственный (ru) (iskússtv'ennyj), притворный (ru) (pritvórnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: breugach, fuadain
• Spanish: artificial (es)
• Swedish: konstlad (sv) c
• Turkish: yapay (tr), sahte (tr), yapmacık (tr)

unnatural

• Albanian: artificial (sq)
• Armenian: արհեստական (arhestakan)
• Asturian: artificial
• Bengali: কৃত্রিম (kritrim)
• Bulgarian: неестествен (bg) (neestestven), принуден (bg) (prinuden)
• Catalan: artificial (ca)
• Dutch: kunstmatig (nl), artificieel (nl), onnatuurlijk, nagemaakt (nl)
• Finnish: teennäinen, luonnoton
• German: unnatürlich
• Greek: τεχνητός (el) m (technitós), αφύσικος (el) m (afýsikos), προσποιητός (el) m (prospoiitós)

• Italian: innaturale (it)
• Japanese: 人為的な (jin'iteki na)
• Macedonian: вештачки (véštački), неприроден (nepríroden)
• Portuguese: artificial (pt)
• Romanian: nenatural (ro) m, n, artificial (ro) m, n
• Russian: искусственный (ru) (iskússtv'ennyj), ненатуральный (ru) (n'enaturál'nyj)
• Spanish: artificial (es)
• Telugu: అసహజమైన (asahajamaina)
• Turkish: yapay (tr), yapmacık (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} artefarita
• French: ^{(please verify)} artificiel
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} מלאכותי
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} artificala
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} yapay

See also

• fake

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin artificiālis.

Adjective

artificial (epicene, plural artificiales)

1. artificial

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin artificiālis.

Adjective

artificial m, f (masculine and feminine plural artificials)

1. artificial

Derived terms

• artificialment

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin artificiālis.

Adjective

artificial m, f (plural artificiais)

1. artificial

Derived terms

• artificialmente

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin artificiālis.

Pronunciation

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• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾtifiˈsjaɫ/
• Hyphenation: ar‧ti‧fi‧ci‧al

Adjective

artificial m, f (plural artificiais, comparable)

1. artificial

Derived terms

• artificialmente

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Spanish

Adjective

artificial m, f (plural artificiales)

1. artificial

Derived terms

• artificialmente
• fuego artificial

Related terms

• artificio
• artificioso