artificial

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.l̩]
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• Received-Pronunciation: ätəfĭsh'əl
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌɑɹ.təˈfɪʃ.əl/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˌɑɹ.ɾəˈfɪʃ.l̩]
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• Canada, General-American: ärtəfĭsh'əl
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• Australian: /ˌɐː.təˈfɪʃ.əl/
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• Australian: [ˌɐː.ɾəˈfɪʃ.l̩]
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• rhymes with -ɪʃəl
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• CMU ARPABET: AA2 R T AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

180 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: artificial — man-made
• Arabic: مُتَصَنَّع (mutaṣannaʕ) — man-made
• Arabic: صِنَاعِيّ (ṣināʕiyy) — man-made
• Aragonese: artificial — man-made
• Armenian: արհեստական (arhestakan) — man-made
• Asturian: artificial — man-made
• Azerbaijani: süni — man-made
• Basque: artifizial — man-made
• Belarusian: шту́чны (štúčny) — man-made
• Bengali: কৃত্রিম (kritrim) — man-made
• Bulgarian: изку́ствен (izkústven) — man-made
• Catalan: artificial — man-made
• Chinese Mandarin: 人造的 (rénzào de) — man-made
• Czech: umělý — man-made
• Danish: kunstig — man-made
• Danish: artificiel — man-made
• Dutch: artificieel — man-made
• Dutch: kunstmatig — man-made
• Esperanto: artefarita — man-made
• Esperanto: arta — man-made
• Estonian: kunstlik — man-made
• Estonian: tehislik — man-made
• Finnish: keinotekoinen — man-made
• Finnish: teko- — man-made
• Finnish: keino- — man-made
• French: artificiel — man-made
• Galician: artificial — man-made
• German: künstlich — man-made
• Greek: τεχνητός (technitós) — man-made
• Ancient Greek: χειροποίητος (kheiropoíētos) — man-made
• Hebrew: מְלָאכוּתִי (m'lakhutí) — man-made
• Hindi: कृत्रिम (kŕtrim) — man-made
• Hungarian: mesterséges — man-made
• Ido: artificala — man-made
• Irish: tacair — man-made
• Irish: saorga — man-made
• Italian: artificiale — man-made
• Italian: artificioso — man-made
• Italian: artefatto — man-made
• Japanese: 人工の (jinkō no) — man-made
• Kazakh: жасанды (jasandy) — man-made
• Komi-Zyrian: лӧсьӧдӧм (löśödöm) — man-made
• Korean: 인공 (in'gong) — man-made
• Korean: 인조 (injo) — man-made
• Northern Kurdish: destkar — man-made
• Latvian: mākslīgais — man-made
• Lithuanian: dirbtinis — man-made
• Macedonian: вештачки (veštački) — man-made
• Malayalam: കൃത്രിമം (kr̥trimaṁ) — man-made
• Marathi: कृत्रिम (kŕtrim) — man-made
• Mongolian: хиймэл (xiimel) — man-made
• Nahuatl: tlachihualli — man-made
• Nahuatl: tlacachihualli — man-made
• Norman: artificiel — man-made
• Norwegian Bokmål: kunstig — man-made
• Occitan: artificial — man-made
• Old English: cræftlīċ — man-made
• Iranian Persian: مَصْنوعی (masnu'i) — man-made
• Iranian Persian: ساخْتَگی (sâxtagi) — man-made
• Polish: sztuczny — man-made
• Polish: artyficjalny — man-made
• Portuguese: artificial — man-made
• Punjabi: ਬਣਾਉਟੀ (baṇāuṭī) — man-made
• Romanian: artificial — man-made
• Russian: иску́сственный (iskússtvennyj) — man-made
• Sanskrit: कृत्रिम (kṛtrima) — man-made
• Sanskrit: कल्पित (kalpita) — man-made
• Scottish Gaelic: fuadain — man-made
• Serbo-Croatian: вѐшта̄чкӣ — man-made
• Serbo-Croatian: вјѐшта̄чкӣ — man-made
• Serbo-Croatian: vèštāčkī — man-made
• Serbo-Croatian: vjèštāčkī — man-made
• Serbo-Croatian: umjetan — man-made
• Slovak: umelý — man-made
• Slovene: umeten — man-made
• Lower Sorbian: kumštny — man-made
• Spanish: artificial — man-made
• Swedish: konstgjord — man-made
• Swedish: artificiell — man-made
• Tagalog: gawa-gawa — man-made
• Tagalog: balat-bunga — man-made
• Tajik: маснӯъӣ (masnü'i) — man-made
• Tamil: செயற்கை (ceyaṟkai) — man-made
• Telugu: కృత్రిమమైన (kr̥trimamaina) — man-made
• Thai: เทียม (tiiam) — man-made
• Turkish: yapay — man-made
• Turkish: suni — man-made
• Udmurt: лэсьтэм (leśtem) — man-made
• Ukrainian: шту́чний (štúčnyj) — man-made
• Urdu: مَصْنُوعی (masnū'ī) — man-made
• Uyghur: سۈنئىي (sün'iy) — man-made
• Uzbek: sunʼiy — man-made
• Vietnamese: nhân tạo — man-made
• Volapük: mekavik — man-made
• Albanian: artificial — false, misleading
• Armenian: արհեստական (arhestakan) — false, misleading
• Asturian: artificial — false, misleading
• Azerbaijani: süni — false, misleading
• Azerbaijani: saxta — false, misleading
• Azerbaijani: uydurma — false, misleading
• Bulgarian: прикри́т (prikrít) — false, misleading
• Catalan: artificial — false, misleading
• Catalan: fals — false, misleading
• Dutch: kunstmatig — false, misleading
• Dutch: nagemaakt — false, misleading
• Dutch: artificieel — false, misleading
• Finnish: teennäinen — false, misleading
• Galician: falso — false, misleading
• German: künstlich — false, misleading
• Greek: τεχνητός (technitós) — false, misleading
• Greek: επίπλαστος (epíplastos) — false, misleading
• Ancient Greek: πλαστός (plastós) — false, misleading
• Hindi: असत्य (asatya) — false, misleading
• Hindi: झूठा (jhūṭhā) — false, misleading
• Hungarian: mesterkélt — false, misleading
• Italian: artificioso — false, misleading
• Italian: falso — false, misleading
• Italian: artefatto — false, misleading
• Macedonian: вештачки (veštački) — false, misleading
• Old English: cræftlīċ — false, misleading
• Portuguese: artificial — false, misleading
• Portuguese: falso — false, misleading
• Romanian: fals — false, misleading
• Romanian: artificial — false, misleading
• Russian: иску́сственный (iskússtvennyj) — false, misleading
• Russian: притво́рный (pritvórnyj) — false, misleading
• Scottish Gaelic: breugach — false, misleading
• Scottish Gaelic: fuadain — false, misleading
• Slovene: narejen — false, misleading
• Spanish: artificial — false, misleading
• Swedish: konstlad — false, misleading
• Thai: เทียม (tiiam) — false, misleading
• Turkish: yapay — false, misleading
• Turkish: sahte — false, misleading
• Turkish: yapmacık — false, misleading
• Albanian: artificial — unnatural
• Armenian: արհեստական (arhestakan) — unnatural
• Asturian: artificial — unnatural
• Azerbaijani: süni — unnatural
• Bengali: কৃত্রিম (kritrim) — unnatural
• Bulgarian: неесте́ствен (neestéstven) — unnatural
• Bulgarian: прину́ден (prinúden) — unnatural
• Catalan: artificial — unnatural
• Chinese Mandarin: 人為 /人为 (rénwéi) — unnatural
• Dutch: kunstmatig — unnatural
• Dutch: artificieel — unnatural
• Dutch: onnatuurlijk — unnatural
• Dutch: nagemaakt — unnatural
• Esperanto: arta — unnatural
• Esperanto: nenatura — unnatural
• Finnish: teennäinen — unnatural
• Finnish: luonnoton — unnatural
• Galician: artificial — unnatural
• German: unnatürlich — unnatural
• German: affektiert — unnatural
• Greek: τεχνητός (technitós) — unnatural
• Greek: αφύσικος (afýsikos) — unnatural
• Hindi: अप्राकृतिक (aprākŕtik) — unnatural
• Hungarian: mesterséges — unnatural
• Italian: innaturale — unnatural
• Italian: artefatto — unnatural
• Japanese: 人為的な (jin'iteki na) — unnatural
• Korean: 인위적 (inwijeok) — unnatural
• Northern Kurdish: deskar — unnatural
• Northern Kurdish: destkar — unnatural
• Macedonian: вештачки (veštački) — unnatural
• Macedonian: неприроден (nepriroden) — unnatural
• Portuguese: artificial — unnatural
• Romanian: nenatural — unnatural
• Romanian: artificial — unnatural
• Russian: иску́сственный (iskússtvennyj) — unnatural
• Russian: ненатура́льный (nenaturálʹnyj) — unnatural
• Russian: неесте́ственный (nejestéstvennyj) — unnatural
• Spanish: artificial — unnatural
• Swedish: konstlad — unnatural
• Telugu: అసహజమైన (asahajamaina) — unnatural
• Thai: เทียม (tiiam) — unnatural
• Turkish: yapay — unnatural
• Turkish: yapmacık — unnatural
• Spanish: artificial — based on characteristics useful for identification