real

See also: Real, real., reál, reâl, and réal

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Etymology 1

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Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís

Proto-Italic *reis

Classical Latin rēs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin reālisder.

Old French reelbor.

Middle English real

English real

From Middle English real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”). Doublet of realis.

Pronunciation

enPR: rēl, rēəl
(Received Pronunciation, Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹiːl/, /ˈɹiː.əl/, /ɹɪl/, [ɹɪɫ]
(Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ɹɪj(ə)l/, [ɹɪj(ə)ɫ]
- Audio (Standard Southern British); /ɹɪjəl/: (file)
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɹi.əl/, /ɹil/, /ɹɪl/, [ɹɪɫ]
- Audio (US); /ˈɹi.əl/: (file)
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɾil/, /ɾi.əl/
(Wales) IPA^(key): /ɾiːl/, /ɾiː.əl/
(South Asia) IPA^(key): /rɪjəl/

Homophone: reel (some accents)
Rhymes: -iːəl, -iːl

Adjective

real (comparative realer or more real, superlative realest or most real)

True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
City hall has its place, but this pub is the real heart of the town.
- 2007, Jim Kokoris, The Rich Part of Life: A Novel, →ISBN, page 179:
  [T]he real reason he didn't come was because he was scared of flying[.]
- 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
  Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
This is real leather.
- 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
  An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
These are real tears!
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  Whose perfection farr excell’d Hers in all real dignitie
- 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:
  The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you […] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
a description of real life
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  I waked, and found / Before mine eyes all real, as the dream / Had lively shadowed.
That has objective, physical existence.
No one has ever seen a real unicorn.
(economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast nominal).
My dad calculated my family's real consumption per month.

What is the real GNP of this polity?
(economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
(mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.
(law) Relating to immovable tangible property.
real estate; real property
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Cunning”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
  Many are perfect in men's humours that are not greatly capable of the real part of business.
Absolute, complete, utter.
This is a real problem.
(slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions, especially with regard to genuineness, groundedness, and true success rather than poser imitations of success.
I'm keeping it real.
1. Firm through directness, readiness to confront.
  yo, Imma be real with u... don't ever text me again

Synonyms

(true, genuine): true, actual
(genuine, not artificial): authentic, genuine, actual
(genuine, unfeigned): authentic, genuine, heartfelt, true, actual, based
(that has physical existence): actual

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “true, genuine”): imaginary, nonreal, unreal
(antonym(s) of “genuine, not artificial”): artificial, counterfeit, fake, sham
(antonym(s) of “genuine, unfeigned”): feigned, sham, staged
(antonym(s) of “that has physical existence”): fictitious, imaginary, made-up, pretend (informal)
(antonym(s) of “relating to numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line”): imaginary

Derived terms

Translations

true, genuine, not merely nominal

Amharic: እውነተኛ (ʾəwnätäña)
Arabic: حَقِيقِيّ (ḥaqīqiyy), وَاقِعِيّ (wāqiʕiyy)
Hijazi Arabic: حَقيقي (ḥagīgi), واقعي (wāqiʕi)
Armenian: իրական (hy) (irakan)
Assamese: আচল (asol)
Azerbaijani: həqiqi (az), əsl (az), real (az)
Bashkir: ысын (ısın)
Belarusian: сапра́ўдны (be) (sapráwdny), рэа́льны (reálʹny)
Bulgarian: действи́телен (bg) (dejstvítelen), и́стински (bg) (ístinski), реа́лен (bg) (reálen)
Burmese: စစ် (my) (cac), အစစ် (my) (a.cac)
Catalan: real (ca), ver (ca), veritable (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 真的 (zh) (zhēn de), 真實的 / 真实的 (zhēnshí de)
Czech: skutečný (cs), reálný (cs)
Danish: ægte (da), virkelig (da)
Dutch: echt (nl), waar (nl)
Esperanto: vera (eo)
Estonian: tõeline (et), päris
Finnish: todellinen (fi), tosi (fi)
French: réel (fr), vrai (fr)
Galician: real (gl)
Georgian: ნამდვილი (namdvili), რეალური (realuri), მართალი (martali)
German: wahr (de), wirklich (de), echt (de)
Greek: αληθινός (el) (alithinós)
Ancient Greek: γνήσιος (gnḗsios), ἀληθινός (alēthinós)
Hebrew: אמיתי (amití), ממשי
Hindi: सच्चा (hi) (saccā), असली (hi) (aslī), वास्तविक (hi) (vāstavik)
Hungarian: igaz (hu), valós (hu), valódi (hu)
Icelandic: satt n
Italian: reale (it), vero (it)
Japanese: 現実の (ja) (げんじつの, genjitsu no), 真実の (ja) (しんじつの, shinjitsu no)
Kazakh: нағыз (nağyz)
Khmer: ពិត (km) (pɨt)
Korean: 실제(實際)의 (silje-ui), 현실(現實)의 (hyeonsir-ui), 진실(眞實)의 (jinsir-ui), (prefix) 참 (ko) (cham); 진(眞) (ko) (jin)
Lao: ຈິງ (ching)
Latin: vērus (la)
Latvian: reāls, īstens, īsts
Macedonian: реален (realen), вистински (vistinski), стваран (stvaran)
Malayalam: യഥാർത്ഥ (ml) (yathāṟttha)
Manchu: ᠶᠠᡵᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ (yargiyan)
Marathi: वास्तविक (vāstavik)
Mongolian: жинхэнэ (mn) (žinxene)
Norman: véthitabl'ye, réel
Norwegian: virkelig (no)
Old English: sōþ
Persian: حقیقی (fa) (haqiqi)
Polish: prawdziwy (pl)
Portuguese: real (pt), vero (pt), verdadeiro (pt)
Romanian: real (ro), adevărat (ro)
Russian: настоя́щий (ru) (nastojáščij), и́стинный (ru) (ístinnyj), действи́тельный (ru) (dejstvítelʹnyj), реа́льный (ru) (reálʹnyj)
Sanskrit: वास्तविक (sa) (vāstavika), सत्य (sa) (satya)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ства̑ран, ре̏а̄лан

Latin: stvȃran (sh), rȅālan (sh)
Slovak: skutočný, reálny
Slovene: resničen, realen (sl)
Spanish: real (es), verdadero (es), auténtico (es), vero (es)
Swedish: sann (sv), verklig (sv)
Tagalog: tunay (tl), totoo
Tajik: ҳақиқӣ (tg) (haqiqi)
Telugu: నిజమైన (te) (nijamaina), అసలు (te) (asalu)
Thai: จริง (th) (jing)
Turkish: doğru (tr), hakiki (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: كرچك (gerçek)
Tuvan: ёзулуг (yozulug)
Ukrainian: спра́вжній (správžnij), ді́йсний (díjsnyj), і́стинний (ístynnyj), реа́льний (reálʹnyj)
Vietnamese: thật (vi) (實 (vi)), thiệt (vi), thực (vi)
Volapük: jenöfik (vo)
Yiddish: אמתדיק (emesdik), רעאַל (real), עכט (ekht)
Zazaki: rast (diq), heqiqi

genuine, not artificial, counterfeit or fake

Azerbaijani: həqiqi (az)
Bulgarian: автентичен (bg) (avtentičen), истински (bg) (istinski)
Dutch: echt (nl)
Esperanto: aŭtenta
Estonian: tõeline (et), ehtne, päris
Finnish: aito (fi), ehta (fi)
French: vrai (fr)
German: echt (de), wirklich (de)
Greek: αυθεντικός (el) m (afthentikós)
Ancient Greek: γνήσιος (gnḗsios), ἀληθινός (alēthinós)
Hindi: सच्चा (hi) (saccā), खरा (hi) (kharā)
Hungarian: valódi (hu)
Italian: vero (it)
Japanese: 本物の (ja) (ほんものの, honmono no)
Kazakh: нағыз (nağyz)
Korean: 진짜(眞)의 (jinjja-ui), 진품(眞品)의 (jinpum-ui), (prefix) 진(眞) (ko) (jin)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: īsts, īstens, reāls
Malayalam: യഥാർത്ഥ (ml) (yathāṟttha)
Portuguese: real (pt)
Romanian: real (ro), adevărat (ro)
Russian: настоя́щий (ru) (nastojáščij)
Serbo-Croatian: pravi (sh)
Swedish: riktig (sv), verklig (sv), äkta (sv)
Turkish: hakiki (tr), gerçek (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: كرچك (gerçek)
Yiddish: עכט (ekht)

genuine, unfeigned, sincere

Bashkir: ысын (ısın)
Bulgarian: истински (bg) (istinski), неподправен (bg) (nepodpraven)
Dutch: echt (nl), echte (nl), oprecht (nl)
Esperanto: aŭtenta, vera (eo)
Estonian: tõeline (et), ehtne, päris
Finnish: aito (fi), kunnon (fi)
French: vrai (fr)
German: echt (de)
Greek: αυθεντικός (el) (afthentikós)
Hindi: खरा (hi) (kharā)
Hungarian: valódi (hu), igazi (hu), (chiefly with “life” or “world”) való (hu)
Japanese: 本物の (ja) (ほんものの, honmono no)
Korean: 진품(眞品)의 (jinpum-ui)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: īsts m, īstens, reāls
Polish: prawdziwy (pl)
Portuguese: real (pt)
Romanian: real (ro), adevărat (ro)
Russian: настоя́щий (ru) (nastojáščij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пра̑вӣ

Latin: prȃvī (sh)
Swedish: riktig (sv), äkta (sv)
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: كرچك (gerçek)
Yiddish: עכט (ekht)

that has physical existence

Armenian: իրական (hy) (irakan)
Bashkir: ысын (ısın)
Bulgarian: реален (bg) (realen)
Czech: skutečný (cs), reálný (cs)
Dutch: echt (nl), werkelijk (nl)
Esperanto: reala
Estonian: tõeline (et), reaalne, tegelik (et)
Finnish: todellinen (fi), oikea (fi)
French: vrai (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: real (de)
Greek: πραγματικός (el) (pragmatikós)
Hindi: वास्तविक (hi) (vāstavik)
Hungarian: valódi (hu), igazi (hu)
Italian: vero (it)
Japanese: 実在 (ja) (jitsuzai), 現存 (ja) (genson)
Korean: 실존(實存)의 (siljon-ui)
Latin: verus (la), naturalis, solidus (la)
Latvian: reāls, īstens, īsts
Persian: واقعی (fa) (vâqe'i)
Polish: realny (pl)
Portuguese: real (pt)
Romanian: real (ro), adevărat (ro), actual (ro)
Russian: реа́льный (ru) (reálʹnyj), настоя́щий (ru) (nastojáščij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пра̑вӣ

Latin: prȃvī (sh)
Swedish: verklig (sv)
Tajik: воқеӣ (tg) (voqeyi)
Turkish: gerçek (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: كرچك (gerçek)
Vietnamese: thật (vi), thiệt (vi), thực (vi)

economics: having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation

Dutch: reëel (nl)
Finnish: reaali- (fi)
Japanese: 実際の (ja) (じっさいの, jissai no), (prefix) 実- (ja) (jitsu-)
Polish: realny (pl)

economics: relating to the result of the actions of rational agents

mathematics: relating to numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line

Basque: erreal
Bulgarian: реален (bg) (realen)
Czech: reálný (cs)
Dutch: reëel (nl), reële (nl)
Esperanto: reela
Estonian: reaal-
Finnish: reaali- (fi) (in reaaliluku), reaalinen (fi)
French: réel (fr)
German: reell (de)
Greek: πραγματικός αριθμός (el) (pragmatikós arithmós)
Hungarian: valós (hu)
Indonesian: riil (id)
Italian: reale (it)
Japanese: 実数の (ja) (じっすうの, jissū no)
Korean: 실수(實數)의 (silsu-ui)
Latvian: reāls
Portuguese: real (pt)
Romanian: real (ro)
Russian: действи́тельный (ru) (dejstvítelʹnyj)
Spanish: real (es)
Swedish: reell (sv)
Telugu: వాస్తవ (vāstava)
Turkish: gerçek (tr), gerçel, reel (tr)

law: relating to immovable tangible property

Armenian: անշարժ (hy) (anšarž)
Bulgarian: недвижим (bg) (nedvižim)
Dutch: vast-
Finnish: (omaisuudesta) kiinteä (fi)
Japanese: 不動産の (ja) (ふどうさんの, fudōsan no)
Korean: 부동산(不動産)의 (budongsan-ui)
Polish: rzeczowy (pl), realny (pl)
Russian: недви́жимый (ru) (nedvížimyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: ^{(please verify)} nekretnina (sh) f
Swedish: fast (sv)

absolute, complete, utter

Dutch: echt (nl), echte (nl), typisch (nl)
Estonian: tõeline (et)
Finnish: oikea (fi), todellinen (fi)
French: vrai (fr)
German: echt (de), typisch (de)
Hungarian: igazi (hu)
Italian: vero (it)
Japanese: 本当の (ja) (ほんとうの, hontō no)
Korean: 절대(絕對)의 (jeoldae-ui)
Latvian: īsts, īstens, reāls
Portuguese: real (pt)
Romanian: real (ro), adevărat (ro)
Russian: настоя́щий (ru) (nastojáščij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пра̑вӣ

Latin: prȃvī (sh)
Spanish: gran (es)
Swedish: typisk (sv), äkta (sv), verklig (sv)
Vietnamese: thật sự (vi), thiệt sự, thực sự (vi)

signifying meritorious qualities or actions

Romanian: prea (ro), super
Serbo-Croatian: furam svoj fazon (slang: "I'm following my own ethics")

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} истински (bg) m (istinski), ^{(please verify)} действителен (bg) m (dejstvitelen), ^{(please verify)} недвижим (bg) m (nedvižim), ^{(please verify)} автентичен (bg) m (avtentičen)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} echt (nl), ^{(please verify)} reëel (nl)
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} reala
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} real
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} ekte (no)
Romanian: (1) ^{(please verify)} adevărat (ro), (3) ^{(please verify)} real (ro), (4) ^{(please verify)} imobiliar (ro)
Tamil: ^{(please verify)} உண்மை (ta) (uṇmai)

Adverb

real (not comparable)

(US, colloquial) Really; very.
When I told him the truth, he got real mad.

Se looked at me real strange.
- 1977, Nixon interviews‎^[2], spoken by Richard Nixon, →OCLC:
  We were meeting in the Oval Office and I saw the morning news report and I just happened casually to mention to George I says- 'Well I'll betcha that President Johnson is gonna be real pleased when he finds that now they are calling me the number one bomber.' And George Christian said 'Oh don't be too sure.' He says, 'You know LBJ- he never likes to be number two.'

Translations

really — see really

Noun

real (plural reals)

A commodity; see realty.
(grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
(mathematics, computing) A real number.
- 2007, Mark Bridges, REAL ANALYSIS: A Constructive Approach, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, page 11:
  There have been several classical constructions of the reals that avoid these problems, the most famous ones being Dedekind Cuts and Cauchy Sequences, named respectively for the mathematicians Richard Dedekind (1831 - 1916) and Augustine Cauchy (1789 - 1857). We will not discuss these constructions here, but will use a more modern one developed by Gabriel Stolzenberg, based on "interval arithmetic."
(obsolete) A realist.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
  Scotists, Thomists, Reals, Nominals

Translations

a commodity

Bulgarian: недвижим имот (nedvižim imot)
Japanese: 現実 (ja) (genjitsu), 現実性 (genjitsu-sei), 現実味 (ja) (genjitsu-mi)

a gender in Scandinavian languages

Swedish: reale (sv) n

mathematics: a real number — see real number

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish real (“royal”), from Latin rēgālis (“regal, royal”). Doublet of ariary, regal, riyal, and royal.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: rāäl', IPA^(key): /ɹeɪˈɑːl/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɑːl
(US) enPR: rāäl', IPA^(key): /ɹeɪˈɑl/
- Rhymes: -ɑl

Noun

real (plural reals or reales)

Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
A coin worth one real.

Translations

former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies

Arabic: رِيَال (ar) m (riyāl)
Asturian: real (ast) m
Bulgarian: реал m (real)
Czech: reál m
Dutch: real (nl) m
Finnish: real (fi)
French: réal (fr) m
Galician: real (gl) m
Hindi: रेयल (reyal)
Japanese: レアル (ja) (rearu)
Polish: real (pl) m
Russian: реа́л (ru) m (reál)
Spanish: real (es) m
Swedish: real (sv) c

Etymology 3

Brazilian real banknotes

From Portuguese real (“royal”), from Latin rēgālis (“regal; royal”). Doublet of ariary, regal, riyal, and royal.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: rāäl', IPA^(key): /ɹeɪˈɑːl/
(US) enPR: rāäl', IPA^(key): /ɹeɪˈɑl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːl, -ɑl

Noun

real (plural reis or réis or reals)

(uncountable) A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.
Synonym: rei
(countable) A coin worth one real.

Noun

real (plural reais or reals)

(uncountable) A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.
Meronym: centavo
- 2011, Perry Anderson, “Lula's Brazil”, in London Review of Books, 33.VII:
  Within weeks of this bombshell, an aide to the brother of the chairman of the PT, José Genoino, was arrested boarding a flight with 200,000 reais in a suitcase and $100,000 in his underpants.
(countable) A coin worth one real.

Related terms

Translations

a unit of currency formerly used in Portugal and Brazil

Asturian: real (ast) m
Polish: real (pl) m
Portuguese: real (pt) m

a unit of currency used in Brazil

Arabic: رِيَال (ar) m (riyāl)
Asturian: real (ast) m
Bulgarian: реал m (real)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雷亞爾 / 雷亚尔 (zh) (léiyà'ěr)
Dutch: real (nl) m
Finnish: real (fi)
French: réal (fr) m
German: Real (de) m
Greek: ρεάλ (el) (reál)
Hunsrik: Rëal m
Japanese: レアル (ja) (rearu)
Korean: 레알 (real)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: real (no) m

Nynorsk: real m
Polish: real (pl) m
Portuguese: real (pt) m
Russian: реа́л (ru) m (reál)
Spanish: real (es) m
Swedish: real (sv) c

a coin worth one real

Asturian: real (ast) m
Russian: реа́л (ru) m (reál)

Anagrams

Arel, Earl, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, Raël, earl, lare, lear, rale

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern) [re̞ˈal]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [reˈal]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Rhymes: -al
Hyphenation: re‧al

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin reālis, from Latin rēs.

Adjective

real m or f (masculine and feminine plural reals)

real

Derived terms

Related terms

realitat

Etymology 2

Noun

real m (plural reals)

real (currency of Brazil)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin reālis (“real, actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”).

Adjective

real

real (true, genuine)
real (that has physical existence)

Synonyms

aqiqiy, kerçek

References

Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Estonian

Noun

real

adessive singular of rida

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reˈal/ [reˈɑɫ]
Rhymes: -al
Hyphenation: re‧al

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese real, from Latin rēgālis (“royal”), from rēx (“king”) + -alis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Adjective

real m or f (plural reais)

royal
Synonym: rexio

Related terms

Noun

real m (plural reais)

real (former unit of currency of Spain)
real (unit of currency used in Brazil)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese real, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“thing; possession”).

Adjective

real m or f (plural reais)

real (actually being, existing)

Derived terms

número real

Related terms

German

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís

Proto-Italic *reis

Classical Latin rēs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin reālisbor.

German real

Borrowed from Late Latin reālis. Doublet of reell.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁeˈal/
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

real (strong nominative masculine singular realer, comparative realer, superlative am realsten)

real (that has physical existence)
Synonyms: echt, existent, bestehend, gegenständlich, dinglich

real existierender Sozialismus ― real socialism
real, realistic (pertaining to reality)
Diese Geschichte ist nicht real. ― This story is not real.

Sie ist ein kluges Mädchen; sie denkt real. ― She is a smart girl; she thinks realistically.

reale Pläne ― real plans
real-world, practical, particularly (now chiefly archaic) concerned with actual things as opposed to words or ideas
Realschule ― real school, school

Realencyclopädie ― encyclopedia

Realwörterbuch ― encyclopedia, technical dictionary
(economics) real (not nominal), measured in purchasing power
reales Einkommen ― real income

Declension

Positive forms of real

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist real	sie ist real	es ist real	sie sind real
strong declension (without article)	nominative	realer	reale	reales	reale
	genitive	realen	realer	realen	realer
	dative	realem	realer	realem	realen
	accusative	realen	reale	reales	reale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der reale	die reale	das reale	die realen
	genitive	des realen	der realen	des realen	der realen
	dative	dem realen	der realen	dem realen	den realen
	accusative	den realen	die reale	das reale	die realen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein realer	eine reale	ein reales	(keine) realen
	genitive	eines realen	einer realen	eines realen	(keiner) realen
	dative	einem realen	einer realen	einem realen	(keinen) realen
	accusative	einen realen	eine reale	ein reales	(keine) realen

Comparative forms of real

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist realer	sie ist realer	es ist realer	sie sind realer
strong declension (without article)	nominative	realerer	realere	realeres	realere
	genitive	realeren	realerer	realeren	realerer
	dative	realerem	realerer	realerem	realeren
	accusative	realeren	realere	realeres	realere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der realere	die realere	das realere	die realeren
	genitive	des realeren	der realeren	des realeren	der realeren
	dative	dem realeren	der realeren	dem realeren	den realeren
	accusative	den realeren	die realere	das realere	die realeren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein realerer	eine realere	ein realeres	(keine) realeren
	genitive	eines realeren	einer realeren	eines realeren	(keiner) realeren
	dative	einem realeren	einer realeren	einem realeren	(keinen) realeren
	accusative	einen realeren	eine realere	ein realeres	(keine) realeren

Superlative forms of real

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist am realsten	sie ist am realsten	es ist am realsten	sie sind am realsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	realster	realste	realstes	realste
	genitive	realsten	realster	realsten	realster
	dative	realstem	realster	realstem	realsten
	accusative	realsten	realste	realstes	realste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der realste	die realste	das realste	die realsten
	genitive	des realsten	der realsten	des realsten	der realsten
	dative	dem realsten	der realsten	dem realsten	den realsten
	accusative	den realsten	die realste	das realste	die realsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein realster	eine realste	ein realstes	(keine) realsten
	genitive	eines realsten	einer realsten	eines realsten	(keiner) realsten
	dative	einem realsten	einer realsten	einem realsten	(keinen) realsten
	accusative	einen realsten	eine realste	ein realstes	(keine) realsten

Derived terms

Related terms

Realität, realisieren

Descendants

→ Polish: realny

Indonesian

Etymology

From English real, from Middle English real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”). Doublet of riil.

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈril/ [ˈrɪl]
Rhymes: -il

Adjective

real (comparative lebih real, superlative paling real)

real
Synonyms: aktual, berbentuk, berupa, kasatmata, konkret, nyata, riil, sesungguhnya, sungguh

Related terms

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis.

Alternative forms

riall, realle, reale, ryall, reall

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːal/, /ˈriːal/

Adjective

real

(Late Middle English) real, true, factual
(Late Middle English, law) concerning possessions

Descendants

English: real
Scots: real

References

“rēal, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 April 2018.

Etymology 2

Adjective

real

alternative form of ryal

Noun

real

alternative form of ryal

Adverb

real

alternative form of ryal

Middle French

Adjective

real m (feminine singular reale, masculine plural reals, feminine plural reales)

alternative form of royal

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

real

Wikipedia ^nb

Etymology 1

From Late Latin realis.

Adjective

real (masculine and feminine real, neuter realt, definite singular and plural reale)

actual, real

Derived terms

realfag

Etymology 2

From Portuguese real, from Latin regalis.

Noun

real m (definite singular realen, indefinite plural realer, definite plural realene)

the real, monetary unit of Brazil

References

“real” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

real

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology 1

From Late Latin reālis, from Latin rēs (“thing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²reː.ɑl/

Adjective

real (neuter realt, definite singular and plural reale)

actual, real
candid

Derived terms

realfag

Etymology 2

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Brasiliansk real

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

éin brasiliansk real i mynt

From Spanish and Portuguese real, from Latin rēgālis (“royal”). Doublet of rijal.

Noun

real m (definite singular realen, indefinite plural realar, definite plural realane)

the real, monetary unit of Brazil
(historical) a real, one of the former units of currency and coins used in Spain, Portugal and their colonies
- 1887, Prosper Mérimée, “Røvarliv i Spania [Letters from Spain]”, in Sjur, transl., Ungdom: franske forteljingar [Youth – French tales], translation of Lettres d'Espagne, page 34:
  "Og han fekk dei 1,500 realarne, Jose Maria, elder rettare: han fekk dei att."
  "And he got those 1,500 reales, Jose Maria, or more accurately: he got them back again."

Etymology 3

Noun

real ?

(education, historical, colloquial) short for realskuleklasse
- 1991, Ola Grøvdal, Engelen og måsen, page 26:
  Han tok til å drikke øl i 6., vin i 7. og vodka i 1. real […]
  He began drinking beer in the sixth, wine in the seventh and vodka in the eighth [grade] […]

References

“real” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
“real”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Anagrams

erla, lera, lêra, rale, rela

Old French

Adjective

real m (oblique and nominative feminine singular real or reale)

royal; alternative form of roial
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
  El palés real venu sont
  They came into the royal palace

Declension

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	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	reals	real	real
singular	oblique	real	real		real	real
plural	subject	real	reaxs		real
plural	oblique	reals	reaxs		reaxs	real

Descendants

Middle French: real

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reˈal/
Rhymes: -al
Hyphenation: re‧al

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin rēgālis, from rēx + -ālis.

Alternative forms

rayal, reall, reyal, rreal, rreall

Adjective

real (plural reaes)

royal

Derived terms

Noun

real m (plural reaes) (Old Portuguese)

real (unit of currency used in Portugal)

Descendants

Fala: real
Galician: real
Portuguese: real, rial (pre-reform spelling)
- English: real

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin reālis, from Classical Latin rēs + Latin -ālis.

Alternative forms

rreal

Adjective

real (plural reaes)

real; true
Synonym: verdadeiro

Derived terms

Descendants

Fala: real
Galician: real
Portuguese: real

Etymology 3

Noun

real m (plural reaes)

alternative form of arraial

References

Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “real”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
VPM, “real (1)”, “real (2)”, “real (3)”, “real (4)”
DDGM, “real”

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

real

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.al/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛal
Syllabification: re‧al

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs

Proto-Italic *rēks

Latin rēx

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin rēgālis

Spanish realbor.

Polish real

Borrowed from Spanish real.

Noun

real m inan

(historical) real (former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies)

Declension

Declension of real

	singular	plural
nominative	real	reale
genitive	reala	reali
dative	realowi	realom
accusative	real	reale
instrumental	realem	realami
locative	realu	realach
vocative	realu	reale

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs

Proto-Italic *rēks

Latin rēx

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin rēgālis

Old Galician-Portuguese real

Portuguese realbor.

Polish real

Borrowed from Portuguese real.

Noun

real m inan

(historical) real (former unit of currency of Portugal and Brazil)
real (currency of Brazil)

Declension

Declension of real

	singular	plural
nominative	real	reale
genitive	reala	reali
dative	realowi	realom
accusative	real	reale
instrumental	realem	realami
locative	realu	realach
vocative	realu	reale

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís

Proto-Italic *reis

Classical Latin rēs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin reālisder.

Old French reelbor.

Middle English real

English (in) real (life)bor.

Polish real

Borrowed from English (in) real (life).

Noun

real m inan

(Internet, slang) reality, real life, real world (physical reality as opposed to virtual reality)

Declension

Declension of real

	singular
nominative	real
genitive	realu
dative	realowi
accusative	real
instrumental	realem
locative	realu
vocative	realu

Related terms

adjective

realny

adverb

realnie

noun

realność

verbs

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈaw/ [heˈaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈaw/ [χeˈaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈal/ [ʁiˈaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈa.li/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /hɛˈaw/ [hɛˈaʊ̯]
Audio (Brazil (Northeast)): (file)
Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: re‧al
Homophones: Real, (Portugal) rial, (Portugal) Rial

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese real, from Late Latin reālem (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”).

Adjective

real m or f (plural reais, comparable, comparative mais real, superlative o mais real or realíssimo)

true, real
that has physical existence; real
(mathematics, of a number) being a member of the set of real numbers; real

Derived terms

realmente

Related terms

Noun

real m (plural reais)

a real number

Noun

real f (uncountable)

(Brazil, colloquial) truth (conformity to fact or reality)
Synonyms: verdade, realidade

Estou falando a real.
I'm telling [you] the truth.

Etymology 2

Moeda brasileira de 1 real ― Brazilian 1 real coin

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese real, from Latin rēgālis (“royal”), from rēx (“king”) + -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Equivalent to rei +‎ -al.

Alternative forms

rial (pre-reform spelling)

Adjective

real m or f (plural reais)

royal; regal
having the air or demeanour of a monarch; regal

Related terms

Noun

real m (plural reais or réis)

(historical) real (unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies between 1430 and 1911 and in Brazil between 1790 and 1942)

Noun

real m (plural reais)

real (unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994)
(historical) real (former unit of currency used in Spain and its colonies)

Descendants

English: real

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French réel, German real, both from Late Latin reālis (“real, actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [reˈal]
Audio: (file)

Adjective

real m or n (feminine singular reală, masculine plural reali, feminine/neuter plural reale)

real
Antonym: nereal

Declension

Declension of *real*
		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	real		reală	reali	reale
nominative- accusative	definite	realul		reala	realii	realele
genitive- dative	indefinite	real		reale	reali	reale
genitive- dative	definite	realului		realei	realilor	realelor

Related terms

realitate

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reˈal/ [reˈal]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: re‧al

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís

Proto-Italic *reis

Classical Latin rēs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin reālislbor.

Spanish real

Borrowed from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”).

Adjective

real m or f (masculine and feminine plural reales)

real
Synonyms: verdadero, existente

Antonym: irreal

Noun

real m (plural reales)

(colloquial) true friend, best friend

Interjection

real

(colloquial, informal) true

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs

Proto-Italic *rēks

Latin rēx

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin rēgālis

Spanish real

Inherited from Latin rēgālis (“regal, royal”), from rēx. Cognate with English regal and royal.

Adjective

real m or f (masculine and feminine plural reales)

royal, regal
Synonym: regio

Antonym: plebeyo

Noun

real m (plural reales)

real (unit of currency)
(Spain, historical, colloquial) a quarter of a peseta

Derived terms

Related terms

rey

Descendants

→ Arabic: ريال (riyāl)
- Gulf Arabic: ريال (ryāl)
- → Malagasy: ariary
  - → English: ariary
- → Persian: ریال (riyâl)
- → Swahili: riali
→ Irish: réal
→ Italian: reale
- → Ottoman Turkish: ریال, اریال (iriyale)
  - Turkish: riyal
→ Spanish: レアル

Swedish

Adjective

real (not comparable)

objective, real, pertaining to real and physical objects

Declension

Inflection of **real**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	real	—	—
neuter singular	realt	—	—
plural	reala	—	—
masculine plural²	reale	—	—

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	reale	—	—
all	reala	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Synonyms

saklig

Noun

real c

clipping of realskola
clipping of realskoleexamen
real (currency of Brazil and formerly Portugal)

Declension

Declension of **real**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	real	reals
singular	definite	realen	realens
plural	indefinite	realer	realers
plural	definite	realerna	realernas

References

“real”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

lera

Tagalog

Alternative forms

reyal

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾeˈal/ [ɾɛˈjal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: re‧al

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís

Proto-Italic *reis

Classical Latin rēs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin reālislbor.

Spanish realbor.

Tagalog real

Borrowed from Spanish real, a learned borrowing from Late Latin reālis, from Classical Latin rēs + Latin -ālis.

Adjective

reál (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜎ᜔)

true; real; genuine
Synonyms: tunay, totoo
main (of a street)

Related terms

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs

Proto-Italic *rēks

Latin rēx

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin rēgālis

Spanish realbor.

Tagalog real

Borrowed from Spanish real, from Latin rēgālis, from rēx + -ālis.

Noun

reál (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜎ᜔)

real (unit of currency)

Adjective

reál (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜎ᜔)

royal (used in certain expressions)

real

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

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Translations

Adverb

Translations

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

Noun

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Translations

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

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Etymology 2

Noun

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Adjective

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References

Estonian

Noun

Galician

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Related terms

Noun

Etymology 2

Adjective

Derived terms

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Further reading

German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

See also

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Related terms

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

Descendants

References

Etymology 2

Adjective

Noun

Adverb

Middle French

Adjective