No. 711 in Italian
artificiale
Artificial.
In a sentence
La bellezza artificiale del giardino è stata ottenuta con fiori di plastica.
The artificial beauty of the garden was achieved with plastic flowers.
Here, 'artificiale' is used as an adjective to describe beauty that is created or not natural, emphasizing that it is made by human design.
Abbiamo provato un'intelligenza artificiale che scrive poesie.
We tried an artificial intelligence that writes poems.
In this sentence, 'artificiale' qualifies 'intelligenza', referring to a type of intelligence simulated by machines.
Questo dolcificante artificiale è meno calorico dello zucchero.
This artificial sweetener is less caloric than sugar.
'Artificiale' describes 'sweetener', indicating that it is a substance created to mimic sugar's properties but is manufactured.
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