transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈär-tə-fəs ]
noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin artificium, from artific-, artifex artificer, from Latin art-, ars + facere
Date: circa 1604
1.
a. : clever or artful skill : ingenuity
believing that characters had to be created from within rather than with artifice — Garson Kanin
b. : an ingenious device or expedient
2.
a. : an artful stratagem : trick
b. : false or insincere behavior
social artifice
Synonyms: see trick , art