artificial

Signification (Anglais)

1. Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
2. Insincere; fake, forced, or feigned.
3. Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc.
4. Based on characteristics useful for identification, without regard for the formal differences used in classification.
5. Conveying some meaning other than the actual contents of one's hand.

Concepts

artificiel

factice

affecté

précieux

synthétique

affété

irréel

faux

emprunté

artificielle

brillant

gai

magnifique

vif

contraint

pas naturel

créé par l’homme

Opposé de

natural

Synonymes

false

man-made

fake

unnatural

synthetic

counterfeit

factitious

affected

sham

not genuine

stilted

unreal

spurious

imitation

contrived

simulated

showy

prim

phony

hokey

ersatz

bogus

plastic

prosthetic

forced

artificially

transplanted

made

artful

stagy

arty-crafty

insincere

artistic

mock

made up

gilded

forged

constrained

fictive

clever

fictitious

feigned

chemical

faux

manual

mannered

bright

artificiality

manufactured

anthropogenic

Traductions

künstlich

artificial

artificiale

artificial

kunstmatig

artificieel

artificial

τεχνητός

gewrongen

gekunsteld

yapay

gekünstelt

unnatürlich

gemaakt

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌɑː(ɹ).təˈfɪʃ.əl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: artificial

Appartenant à français: artificiel

In summary

From Middle English artificial (“man-made”) via Old French (modern French artificiel), from Latin artificiālis from artificium (“skill”), from artifex, from ars (“skill”), and -fex, from facere (“to make”). Displaced native Old English cræftlīċ.