real

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Etymology 1

From Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *rēy- (“thing, possession”)..

Pronunciation

• enPR: rēəl, IPA: /riəl/, X-SAMPA: /"ri@l/

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• Homophone: reel

Noun

real (plural reals)

1. A commodity; see reality.
2. (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
3. (mathematics) A real number.
4. (obsolete) A realist.

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Translations

a commodity

• Japanese: 現実 (ja) (genjitsu); 現実性 (ja) (genjitsu-sei), 現実味 (ja) (genjitsu-mi)

a gender in Scandinavian languages

• Swedish: reale (sv) n

mathematics: a real number — see real number

Adjective

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

1. That can be characterized as a confirmation of truth.
2. That has physical existence.

   No one has ever seen a real unicorn.

3. (economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; contrasted with nominal.

   My dad calculated my family's real consumption per month.

   What is the real GNP of this polity?

4. (economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
5. (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.
6. (law) Relating to immovable tangible property.

   real estate

   real property

7. That is an exemplary or pungent instance of a class or type.

   This is a real problem.

   Some say he is a real hero.

8. genuine, not faked or substituted.

   These are real tears!

   Adopted at birth, I didn't meet my real father until I was 18.

9. Genuine, not artificial.

   This is real leather.

10. (slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially in regards to enjoying life, prowess at sports and success wooing potential partners.

    I'm keeping it real.

Synonyms

• (that can be characterized as a confirmation of truth): true
• (that has physical existence): actual
• (genuine, not faked): authentic, genuine, heartfelt, true
• (genuine, not artificial): authentic, genuine

Antonyms

• (that can be characterized as a confirmation of truth): imaginary, unreal
• (that has physical existence): fictitious, imaginary, made-up, pretend (informal)
• (relating to numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line): imaginary
• (genuine, not faked): feigned, sham, staged
• (genuine, not artificial): artificial, counterfeit, fake, sham

Translations

that can be characterized as a confirmation of truth

• Arabic: حقيقي (ar) (Haqiiqiy)
• Armenian: իրական (hy) (irakan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真的 (cmn) (zhēn de)

• Dutch: echt (nl), waar (nl)
• Esperanto: vera (eo)
• Finnish: todellinen (fi), tosi (fi)
• French: réel (fr), vrai (fr) m, vraie (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: wahr (de), wirklich (de)
• Greek: αληθινός (el) (alithinos) m
• Hindi: सच्चा (hi) (saccā), असली (hi) (aslī)
• Hungarian: igaz (hu), valós (hu)
• Icelandic: satt (is) n
• Italian: reale (it), vero (it) m, vera (it) f
• Japanese: 現実の (ja) (げんじつの, genjitsu-no)
• Jèrriais: véthitabl'ye, réel

• Korean: 실제의 (ko) (silje-ui)
• Latvian: reāls (lv), īstens (lv), īsts (lv)
• Marathi: वास्तविक (vāstavik)
• Norwegian: virkelig (no)
• Polish: prawdziwy (pl)
• Portuguese: real (pt) m and f
• Romanian: real (ro), adevărat (ro)
• Russian: настоящий (ru) (nastojáščij), истинный (ru) (ístinnyj), действительный (ru) (dejstvítel'nyj)
• Sanskrit: वास्तविक (sa) (vāstavika), सत्य (sa) (satya)
• Serbo-Croatian: stvaran
• Spanish: real (es)
• Swedish: sann (sv), verklig (sv)
• Telugu: నిజమైన
• Turkish: doğru (tr), hakiki (tr)
• Vietnamese: thật (vi)

that has physical existence

• Armenian: իրական (hy) (irakan)
• Czech: skutečný (cs) m, reálný (cs) m
• Dutch: echt (nl), werkelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: reala (eo)
• Finnish: todellinen (fi)
• French: vrai (fr) m, vraie (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: real (de)
• Greek: πραγματικός (el) (pragmatikos) m
• Hungarian: valódi (hu), igazi (hu)
• Italian: vero (it) m, vera (it) f

• Japanese: (phrase) 現実に存在する (ja) (genjitsu ni sonzai suru)
• Latin: verus (la), naturalis (la), solidus (la)
• Latvian: reāls (lv), īstens (lv), īsts (lv)
• Persian: واقعی (fa) (vAqei)
• Polish: realny
• Portuguese: real (pt) m and f
• Romanian: real (ro), adevărat (ro), actual (ro) m and n
• Russian: реальный (ru) (reál'nyj), настоящий (ru) (nastojáščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: pravi (sh)
• Swedish: verklig (sv)

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-)

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

• Czech: reálný (cs) m
• Dutch: reëel, reële
• Esperanto: reela (eo)
• Finnish: reaali- (reaaliluku = real number)
• French: réel (fr) m, réelle (fr) f
• German: reell (de)
• Greek: πραγματικός αριθμός (pragmatikos arithmos) m
• Hungarian: valós (hu)

• Japanese: 実数の (ja) (じっすうの, jissū-no)
• Latvian: reāls (lv)
• Portuguese: real (pt) m and f
• Romanian: real (ro) m and n
• Russian: действительный (ru) (dejstvítel'nyj)
• Swedish: reell (sv)
• Telugu: వాస్తవ సంఖ్యలు = real numbers

law: relating to immovable tangible property

• Armenian: անշարժ (hy) (anšarž)
• Dutch: vast-
• Finnish: kiinteä (omaisuudesta)
• Japanese: 不動産の (ja) (ふどうさんの, fudōsan-no)

• Polish: rzeczowy, realny
• Russian: недвижимый (ru) (nedvížimyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: nekretnina (sh) f
• Swedish: fast (sv)

that is an exemplary or pungent instance of a class or type

• Dutch: echt (nl), echte (nl), typisch (nl)
• Finnish: oikea (fi), todellinen (fi)
• French: vrai (fr) m, vraie (fr) f
• German: echt (de), typisch (de)
• Hungarian: igazi (hu)
• Italian: vero (it) m, vera (it) f
• Japanese: 本当の (ja) (ほんとうの, hontō-no)

• Latvian: īsts (lv), īstens (lv), reāls (lv)
• Portuguese: real (pt) m and f
• Romanian: real (ro) m and n, adevărat (ro) m and n
• Russian: настоящий (ru) (nastojáščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: pravi (sh)
• Swedish: typisk (sv), äkta (sv), verklig (sv)

genuine, not faked

• Dutch: echt (nl), echte (nl), oprecht (nl)
• Esperanto: aŭtenta (eo), vera (eo)
• Finnish: aito (fi), kunnon (fi)
• French: vrai (fr) m, vraie (fr) f
• German: echt (de)
• Greek: αυθεντικός (el) (afthentikos) m
• Hungarian: valódi (hu), igazi (hu)
• Japanese: 本物の (ja) (ほんものの, honmono-no)

• Latvian: īsts (lv) m, īstens (lv), reāls (lv)
• Polish: prawdziwy (pl)
• Portuguese: real (pt) m and f
• Romanian: real (ro), adevărat (ro)
• Russian: настоящий (ru) (nastojáščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: pravi (sh)
• Swedish: riktig (sv), äkta (sv)

genuine, not artificial

• Dutch: echt (nl)
• Esperanto: aŭtenta (eo)
• Finnish: aito (fi), ehta (fi)
• French: vrai (fr) m, vraie (fr) f
• German: echt (de), wirklich (de)
• Greek: αυθεντικός (el) (afthentikos) m
• Hungarian: valódi (hu)
• Italian: vero (it) m, vera (it) f

• Japanese: 本物の (ja) (ほんものの, honmono-no)
• Latvian: īsts (lv), īstens (lv), reāls (lv)
• Portuguese: real (pt) m and f
• Romanian: real (ro), adevărat (ro)
• Russian: настоящий (ru) (nastojáščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: pravi (sh)
• Swedish: riktig (sv), verklig (sv), äkta (sv)

signifying meritorious qualities or actions

• Romanian: prea (ro), super (ro)

• Serbo-Croatian: furam svoj fazon (slang: I'm following my own ethics)

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• Bulgarian: истински m (1), действителен m (3), недвижим m (4), автентичен m (5)
• Dutch: echt, reëel
• Esperanto: reala
• Interlingua: real
• Norwegian: ekte

• Romanian: adevărat (1), real (3), imobiliar (4)
• Spanish: real (1, 2, 3), auténtico m (5)
• Tamil: உண்மை (uNmai)

Adverb

real (not comparable)

1. (US, colloquial) really.

Translations

really — see really

Derived terms

Derived terms

for real get real keep it real real analysis real asset real axis real body real capital real deal/the real deal real estate real focus real image real income reality real life real line really real market real matrix

real McCoy realness real number real option real part real presence real property real return real soon now real storage real stuff real tennis real thing/the real thing real time real-valued real variable real wages real world/real-world

Etymology 2

From Spanish real (“royal”), from Latin rēgālis (“regal, royal”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: rāäl', IPA: /ɹeɪˈɑːl/,X-SAMPA: /r\eI"A:l/
• (US) enPR: rāäl', IPA: /ɹeɪˈɑl/, X-SAMPA: /r\eI"Al/

Noun

real (plural reales)

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

Translations

former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies

• Bulgarian: реал (bg) (real) m
• Dutch: real (nl) m
• Finnish: real (fi)
• French: réal (fr) m

• Japanese: レアル (ja) (rearu)
• Russian: реал (ru) (r'eál) m
• Swedish: real (sv) c

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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.

Noun

real (plural reais or reals)

1. A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$
   • 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

• (old Portuguese and Brazilian unit of currency): rei

Meronyms

• (current Brazilian unit of currency): centavo

Related terms

• regal
• royal
• milreis

Translations

a unit of currency formerly used in Portugal and Brazil

• Portuguese: real (pt) m

a unit of currency used in Brazil

• Arabic: ريال (ar) (riyaal) m
• Bulgarian: реал (bg) (real) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雷亞爾 (cmn), 雷亚尔 (cmn) (léiyà'ěr)

• Dutch: real (nl) m
• Finnish: real (fi)
• French: réal (fr) m
• German: Real (de) m

• Greek: Ρεάλ (el) (Reál)
• Japanese: レアル (ja) (rearu)
• Korean: 레알 (ko) (real)
• Portuguese: real (pt) m
• Russian: реал (ru) (reál) m
• Spanish: real (es) m
• Swedish: real (sv) c

a coin worth one real

• Russian: реал (ru) (r'eál) m

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: age · nearly · miles · #493: real · eye · sun · cut

Anagrams

• earl, Earl
• Rael
• lare
• lear
• rale

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

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

Adjective

real

1. real (that can be characterized as a confirmation of truth; that has physical existence).

Synonyms

• aqiqiy, kerçek

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁeˈal/

Adjective

real

1. That has physical existence.
2. That is a version of a fact or statistic (especially in economics) that is intended to reflect key fundamental trends.

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Old French

Adjective

real (feminine reale)

1. Alternative form of roial.

   circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

   El palés real venu sont

   They came into the royal palace

Declension

  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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA: /he.ˈaw/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

real m and f (plural reais; comparable)

1. That can be characterized as a confirmation of truth; real.
2. That has physical existence; real.
3. (mathematics, of a number) Being a member of the set of real numbers; real.

Inflection

  Inflection of the Portuguese adjective real

• Adjectives with this inflection include: abdominal, medieval, normal.

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	real		reais
comparative	mais real		mais reais
superlative	o mais real realíssimo	a mais real realíssima	os mais reais realíssimos	as mais reais realíssimas

Noun

real m (plural reais)

1. a real number

Related terms

• realidade, realismo, realista, realístico, realizar, realmente

Etymology 2

Moeda brasileira de 1 real

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

Adjective

real m and f (plural reais; comparable)

1. Of or relating to the monarchy; royal; regal.
2. Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; royal.

Related terms

• realengo, realeza, rei, reino

Noun

real m (plural reais)

1. A former Spanish currency
2. A former Portuguese currency (plural later became réis)
3. A Brazilian currency

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [reˈal]

Adjective

real ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. real

Declension

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

• nereal

See also

• adevărat

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

real m and f (plural reales)

1. real

Synonyms

• verdadero
• existente

Antonyms

• irreal

Related terms

• realidad
• realista
• realismo

Etymology 2

From Latin rēgālis (“regal, royal”).

Adjective

real m and f (plural reales)

1. royal

Synonyms

• regio

Antonyms

• plebeyo

Noun

real m (plural reales)

1. real (unit of currency)

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Swedish

Adjective

real (not comparable)

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

Declension

Declension of real

Inflections of real
Indefinite singular	Common	real
	Neuter	realt
Definite singular	Masc.	reale
	All	reala
Plural		reala

Synonyms

• saklig

Noun

real c

1. short form of realskola or realskoleexamen
2. real; currency of Brazil and formerly Portugal

Declension

Declension of real

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	real	realen	realer	realerna
genitive	reals	realens	realers	realernas

References

• real in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)