artificial
Portuguese, adjective/aʁ.t͡ʃi.fi.siˈaw/
artificial is spelled A-R-T-I-F-I-C-I-A-L (10 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,039th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Artificial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “artificial (made by human hand)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “feito por arte ou indústria”.
What does artificial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineartificial (made by human hand)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. feito por arte ou indústria 2. que não é natural 3. dissimulado; fingido; postiço
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of artificial
- artificiais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce artificial?
- Brazil /aʁ.t͡ʃi.fi.siˈaw/
- Brazil [ah.t͡ʃi.fi.siˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /aʁ.t͡ʃi.fiˈsjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to artificial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is artificial in Portuguese?
artificial appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).