artefact
French, noun
artefact is spelled A-R-T-E-F-A-C-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Artefact is a French masculine noun meaning “Pre-1990 spelling of artéfact” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, artéfact is a different word: “artefact / artifact”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de artéfact”.
What does artefact mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinePre-1990 spelling of artéfact.
noun
- 1
masculineartefact / artifact
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Phénomène créé par les conditions expérimentales, un effet indésirable ou parasite. 2. Altération d'une structure biologique sous l'effet de réactifs (fixateurs, colorants, dessiccation, etc.) lors d'examens en cytologie ou en histologie. 3. Aberration, altération dans des données produite par les limitations d’un procédé technique utilisé (pour l’acquisition, l’enregistrement, etc). 4. Signal aberrant lié aux conditions de la mesure.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de artéfact. 2. Sens dérivé
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of artefact
- artefacts plural
- artéfacts plural
- artefact alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to artefact
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is artefact in French?
artefact appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).