real

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

English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

  • enPR: rēəl, riəl, rēl, IPA(key): /ˈɹiːəl/, /ɹɪə̯l/, /ɹiːl/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːəl
  • Homophone: reel (some accents)

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
    • 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.
  2. Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
    • 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.
    This is real leather.
  3. Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →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.
    These are real tears!
  4. Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
    a description of real life
  5. That has objective, physical existence.
    No one has ever seen a real unicorn.
  6. (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?
  7. (economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
  8. (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.
  9. (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.
  10. Absolute, complete, utter.
    This is a real problem.
  11. (slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners.
    I'm keeping it real.
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Translations[edit]
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Adverb[edit]

real (not comparable)

  1. (US, colloquial) Really, very.
    When I told him the truth, he got real mad.
Translations[edit]
really — see really

Noun[edit]

real (plural reals)

  1. A commodity; see realty.
  2. (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
  3. (mathematics) 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."
  4. (obsolete) A realist.
Translations[edit]
mathematics: a real number — see real number

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

real (plural reals or reales)

  1. Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
  3. A coin worth one real.
Translations[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

real (plural reis or réis or reals)

  1. A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.
  2. A coin worth one real.

real (plural reais or reals)

  1. A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.
    200 Brazilian reais banknote (introduced as of 2021)
    Brazilian real coins (2nd family, as of 2010)
    • 2011, Perry Anderson, "Lula's Brazil", 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.
  2. A coin worth one real.
Synonyms[edit]
  • (old Portuguese and Brazilian unit of currency): rei
Meronyms[edit]
  • (current Brazilian unit of currency): centavo
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Asturian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

real (epicene, plural reales)

  1. real
  2. royal

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin reālis, from Latin rēs.

Adjective[edit]

real (masculine and feminine plural reals)

  1. real
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

real m (plural reals)

  1. real (currency of Brazil)

Further reading[edit]

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

real

  1. real (true, genuine)
  2. real (that has physical existence)

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Estonian[edit]

Noun[edit]

real

  1. adessive singular of rida

Galician[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin rēgālis (“royal”), from rēx (“king”) + -alis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Adjective[edit]

real m or f (plural reais)

  1. royal
    Synonym: rexio
Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

real m (plural reais)

  1. real (former unit of currency of Spain)
  2. real (unit of currency used in Brazil)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“thing; possession”).

Adjective[edit]

real m or f (plural reais)

  1. real (actually being, existing)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin reālis. Doublet of reell.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. real (that has physical existence)
    Synonyms: echt, existent, bestehend, gegenständlich, dinglich
    real existierender Sozialismus ― real socialism
  2. 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
  3. (economics) real (not nominal), measured in purchasing power
    reales Einkommen ― real income

Declension[edit]

Positive forms of real
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
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
masculine feminine neuter
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
masculine feminine neuter
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

Descendants[edit]

  • → Polish: realny

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “real” in Duden online
  • “real” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈril]
  • Hyphenation: rè‧al

Adjective[edit]

real

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

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛːal/, /ˈriːal/

Adjective[edit]

real

  1. (Late Middle English) real, true, factual
  2. (Late Middle English, law) concerning possessions
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

real

  1. Alternative form of ryal

Noun[edit]

real

  1. Alternative form of ryal

Adverb[edit]

real

  1. Alternative form of ryal

Middle French[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. Alternative form of royal

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1[edit]

From Late Latin realis.

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. actual, real
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Portuguese real, from Latin regalis.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. the real, monetary unit of Brazil

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

real (neuter realt, definite singular and plural reale)

  1. actual, real
  2. candid
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn
éin brasiliansk real i mynt

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. the real, monetary unit of Brazil
  2. (historical) a real, one of the former units of currency and coins used in Spain, Portugal and their colonies
    • 1887, Mérimée, Prosper, “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[edit]

Noun[edit]

real ?

  1. (education, historical, colloquial) short for realskuleklasse
    • 1991, Grøvdal, Ola, 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[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

Old French[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. royal; Alternative form of roial

Declension[edit]

Declension of real
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject reax real real
Oblique real real real
Plural Subject real reax real
Oblique reax reax real

Descendants[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish real, from Latin rēgālis.

Noun[edit]

real m inan

  1. (historical) real (former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese real, from Latin rēgālis.

Noun[edit]

real m inan

  1. (historical) real (former unit of currency of Portugal and Brazil)
  2. real (currency of Brazil)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]

Borrowed from English (in) real (life).

Noun[edit]

real m inan

  1. (Internet, slang) reality, real life, real world (physical reality as opposed to virtual reality)
Declension[edit]
Declension of real
singular
nominative real
genitive realu
dative realowi
accusative real
instrumental realem
locative realu
vocative realu
Related terms[edit]
adjective
adverb
noun
verbs

Further reading[edit]

  • real in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • real in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: re‧al

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *rēy- (“thing; possession”).

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. true, real
  2. that has physical existence; real
  3. (mathematics, of a number) being a member of the set of real numbers; real
Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

real m (plural reais)

  1. a real number

Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Moeda brasileira de 1 real

From Latin rēgālis (“royal”), from rēx (“king”) + -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Adjective[edit]

real m or f (plural reais)

  1. (relational) monarchy; royal; regal
  2. having the air or demeanour of a monarch; regal
Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

real m (plural reais)

  1. a former Spanish currency
  2. the current Brazilian currency

Noun[edit]

real m (plural reais or réis)

  1. a former currency of Portugal and its colonies (the plural later became réis)

Further reading[edit]

  • “real” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. real

Declension[edit]

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

Antonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /reˈal/ [reˈal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: re‧al

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

real (plural reales)

  1. real
    Synonyms: verdadero, existente
    Antonym: irreal
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

real (plural reales)

  1. royal, regal
    Synonym: regio
    Antonym: plebeyo

Noun[edit]

real m (plural reales)

  1. real (unit of currency)
  2. (Spain, historical, colloquial) a quarter of a peseta
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

real (not comparable)

  1. objective, real, pertaining to real and physical objects

Declension[edit]

Inflection of real
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular real — —
Neuter singular realt — —
Plural reala — —
Masculine plural3 reale — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 reale — —
All reala — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Synonyms[edit]

Noun[edit]

real c

  1. Clipping of realskola.
  2. Clipping of realskoleexamen.
  3. real (currency of Brazil and formerly Portugal)

Declension[edit]

Declension of real 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative real realen realer realerna
Genitive reals realens realers realernas

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish real.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: re‧al
  • IPA(key): /ɾeˈal/, [ɾeˈal]

Noun[edit]

reál

  1. real (unit of currency)

Adjective[edit]

reál

  1. true; real; genuine
    Synonyms: tunay, totoo
  2. royal (used in certain expressions)
  3. main (of a street)

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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