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artificiu
artifice (a clever or contrived device, trick) /ar.tiˈfi.tʃju/
noun#5363 most common
Also: trick, device, gimmick
Example sentences
Acest artificiu este simplu.
This trick is simple.
Ea folosește un artificiu pentru a rezolva problema.
She uses a trick to solve the problem.
Autorul recurge la un artificiu narativ interesant.
The author resorts to an interesting narrative device.
Politicianul a folosit un artificiu retoric pentru a evita întrebarea.
The politician used a rhetorical trick to avoid the question.
Prin acest artificiu juridic, compania a reușit să evite taxele.
Through this legal artifice, the company managed to avoid the taxes.
Artificiile stilistice ale romanului dezvăluie o măiestrie compozițională rar întâlnită.
The novel's stylistic devices reveal a compositional mastery rarely seen.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | artificiul | artificiile |
| Genitive | artificiului | artificiilor |
| Accusative | artificiul | artificiile |
| Vocative | artificiule | artificiilor |
Word family
artificialartificial
artificialitateartificiality
artificioscontrived, mannered
artificierpyrotechnician
Etymology
Artificiu entered Romanian in the nineteenth century, part of the wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized the language's vocabulary. It comes from French artifice and Latin artificium. The Latin word joins ars, artis (art, skill) with facere (to make), so it literally means a making done through skill.
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