surreal

English

Etymology

Back-formation from surrealism.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːl

Adjective

surreal (comparative more surreal, superlative most surreal)

1. Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous

Related terms

• real

Derived terms

• surrealism
• surrealist
• surreality
• surreally
• surreal number

Translations

having the intense reality of a dream

Chinese: Mandarin: (of mood) 玄妙 (zh) (xuánmiào), (of genre) 超現實的 (zh), 超现实的 (zh) (chāoxiànshí de) Finnish: epätodellinen (fi) German: surreal (de)

Greek: σουρεαλιστικός (el) m. (sourealistikós), υπερρεαλιστικός (el) (yperrealistikós) m. Hebrew: הזוי (he) m., הזויה (he) f. Polish: surrealistyczny (pl) m. Scottish Gaelic: os-fhìreach (gd)

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Swedish: surreella tal

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German

Adjective

surreal (comparative surrealer, superlative am surrealsten)

1. surreal