artificieux
French, adjective/aʁ.ti.fi.sjø/
artificieux is spelled A-R-T-I-F-I-C-I-E-U-X (11 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Artificieux is a French adjective meaning “artful, deceitful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est plein d’artifice ou de ruse”.
What does artificieux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
artful, deceitful
- 2
wily, cunning, sly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est plein d’artifice ou de ruse.
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 artificieux
- artificieuse feminine
- artificieuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce artificieux?
- /aʁ.ti.fi.sjø/
- \aʁ.ti.fi.sjø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to artificieux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is artificieux in French?
artificieux appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).