artifactnounmasculinetécnico/aɾtɨˈfaktu/mediumar·te·fac·toPortuguesEnglishEspanolFrancaisDefinitionAn object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.The museum displayed ancient artifacts from Egypt.Archaeologists uncovered artifacts from the Roman era.synobjectitemCommon collocationshistorical artifactcultural artifactEtymologyDo latim 'artefactum'Related wordsartefatoartefatorial