adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈmænˌmeɪd/in British English this pronunciation is restricted to predicative use
/ˌmænˈmeɪd/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Created by people, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
man-made fibers
synthetic leather
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: semisynthetic, synthetic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From man (“human”) + made. First attested in 1615. According to the OED the pronunciation with primary stress on man, /ˈmænˌmeɪd/, is older.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
изкуствен
(izkustven)
— created by a human
Bulgarian:
направен от човек
(napraven ot čovek)
— created by a human
Chinese Mandarin:
人為的 /人为的
(rénwéi de)
— created by a human
Chinese Mandarin:
人造的
(rénzào de)
— created by a human
Chinese Mandarin:
人工的
(réngōng de)
— created by a human
Dutch:
door mensenhanden gemaakt
— created by a human
Dutch:
kunstmatig
— created by a human
Finnish:
ihmisen tekemä
— created by a human
Finnish:
ihmisten tekemä
— created by a human
Finnish:
keinotekoinen
— created by a human
French:
synthétique
— created by a human
French:
de main d'homme
— created by a human
German:
menschengemacht
— created by a human
German:
von Menschen gemacht
— created by a human
Greek:
ανθρωπογενής
(anthropogenís)
— created by a human
Hebrew:
מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָדָם
(ma'asé ydéy adám)
— created by a human
Hindi:
पौरुषेय
(pauruṣey)
— created by a human
Hindi:
कृत्रिम
(kŕtrim)
— created by a human
Hindi:
मानव निर्मित
(mānav nirmit)
— created by a human
Hungarian:
mesterséges
— created by a human
Hungarian:
ember alkotta
— created by a human
Icelandic:
manngerður
— created by a human
Icelandic:
tilbúinn
— created by a human
Irish:
saorga
— created by a human
Irish:
de dhéantús an duine
— created by a human
Japanese:
人工
(jinkō)
— created by a human
Malayalam:
മനുഷ്യനിർമ്മിത
(manuṣyaniṟmmita)
— created by a human
Norwegian Bokmål:
menneskeskapt
— created by a human
Norwegian Nynorsk:
menneskeskapt
— created by a human
Polish:
sztuczny
— created by a human
Polish:
syntetyczny
— created by a human
Portuguese:
artificial
— created by a human
Romanian:
artificial
— created by a human
Russian:
иску́сственный
(iskússtvennyj)
— created by a human
Russian:
рукотво́рный
(rukotvórnyj)
— created by a human
Spanish:
hecho por el hombre
— created by a human
Swedish:
konstgjord
— created by a human
Turkish:
insan mamulü (obsolecent)
— created by a human
