artificiel
French → English
(origin) Artificial: made by humans rather than occurring naturally
Ce jus de fruits contient des colorants artificiels pour paraître plus rouge.
(English) This fruit juice contains artificial colors to look redder.
Le barrage a créé un lac artificiel qui sert de réserve d'eau potable.
(English) The dam created an artificial lake that serves as a drinking water reservoir.
(behavior) Factitious / Forced: lacking naturalness or sincerity
Elle affichait un enthousiasme artificiel pour cacher sa déception.
(English) She displayed a forced enthusiasm to hide her disappointment.
Il est difficile de supporter sa politesse artificielle et ses compliments forcés.
(English) It is difficult to bear his artificial politeness and forced compliments.
Entry ID: fr:en:artificiel · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary