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Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English trēowþ, trīewþ (“truth, veracity, faith, fidelity, loyalty, honour, pledge, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō (“promise, covenant, contract”), from Proto-Indo-European *drū- (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“firm, solid”), equivalent to true + -th. Cognate with Icelandic tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).
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truth (usually uncountable; plural truths)
- The state or quality of being true to someone or something
- Truth to one's own feelings is all-important in life.
- (archaic) Faithfulness, fidelity.
- (obsolete) A pledge of loyalty or faith.
- Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
- 2012 January 1, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 31:
- As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
- There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice.
- True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
- The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.
- That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
- The truth is what is.
- Alcoholism and redemption led me finally to truth.
- 1820: Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. — John Keats, ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’
- Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
- Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.
- 1813: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. — Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
- (physics) A now-outdated term for topness. (See also truth quark.)
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state or quality of being true to someone or something
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- Syriac: ܫܪܪܐ (š(ə)rārāʾ) m
- Armenian: հավատարմություն (hy) (havatarmut'yun)
- Aromanian: please add this translation if you can
- Asturian: verdá (ast) f
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- Basque: egia (eu)
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- Catalan: veritat (ca) f
- Cherokee: ᏚᏳᎪᏛ (chr) (duyugodv)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 保真度 (cmn) (bǎozhēndù)
- Czech: pravda (cs) f
- Danish: sandhed (da) c
- Dutch: oprechtheid (nl) f, eerlijkheid (nl) f
- Esperanto: vero (eo)
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- Faroese: sannleiki (fo) m
- Finnish: uskollisuus (fi)
- French: vérité (fr) f
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- Galician: verdade (gl) f
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- German: Wahrheit (de) f, Treue (de) f
- Greek: αλήθεια (el) (alíthia) f
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- Hawaiian: ʻoiaʻiʻo
- Hebrew: אמת (he) (emét) f
- Hindi: सच (hi) (sac), सचाई (hi) (sacā'ī)
- Hungarian: igazságosság (hu)
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- Irish: fírinne (ga) f
- Italian: veritate (it) f
- Japanese: 誠 (ja) (makoto), まこと (ja) (makoto)
- Jèrriais: véthité f
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- Latin: veritas (la) f
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- Luxembourgish: Wourecht (lb) f
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- Malay: kebenaran (ms)
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- Occitan: vertat (oc) f, veritat (oc) f
- Old Provençal: veritat
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- Persian: حقیقت (fa) (haqīqat)
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- Portuguese: verdade (pt) f
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- Romanian: corectitudine (ro) f, sinceritate (ro), bună credință (ro) f, veridicitate (ro)
- Romansch: vardad (rm) f (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan), verdad (rm) f (Surmiran), vardet (rm) f (Puter), vardà (rm) f (Vallader)
- Russian: верность (ru) (vérnostʹ) f
- Sanskrit: सत्य (sa) (satya), सत्यता (sa) (satyatā), तथ्य (sa) (tathya)
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- Scottish Gaelic: fìrinn (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian: istina (sh) f
- Sicilian: viritati (scn) f, virità (scn) f, virtati (scn) f, virtà (scn) f
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- Slovak: pravda (sk) f
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- Spanish: verdad (es) f
- Swahili: ukweli (sw)
- Swedish: tro (sv), trohet (sv), troskap (sv)
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- Tamil: உண்மை (ta) (uṉmai)
- Telugu: నమ్మకము (te) (nammakamu)
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- Urdu: سچ (ur) (sac), سچائی (ur) (sacā'ī)
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- Welsh: gwir (cy)
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- Yiddish: אמת (yi) (emes) m
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pledge of loyalty or faith
conformity to fact or reality
- Arabic: حقيقة (ar) (ḥaqīqa) f
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܩܘܫܬܐ (quštāʾ) m
- Armenian: ճշմարտություն (hy) (č̣šmartut'yun)
- Azeri: həqiqət (az)
- Belarusian: праўда (be) (práŭda) f, ісціна (be) (íscina) f
- Bulgarian: истина (bg) (ístina) f, правда (bg) (právda) f
- Chamicuro: akachelo'ta
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 真理 (cmn) (zhēnlǐ)
- Czech: pravda (cs) f
- Danish: sandhed (da)
- Dutch: waarheid (nl) f, echtheid (nl) f
- Esperanto: vereco (eo)
- Estonian: tõde (et)
- Finnish: totuus (fi)
- French: vérité (fr) f
- Georgian: სიმართლე (ka) (simart'le)
- German: Wahrheit (de) f
- Hindi: सच (hi) (sac) m
- Irish: fírinne (ga) f
- Japanese: 真実 (ja) (shinjitsu), しんじつ (ja) (shinjitsu), 事実 (ja) (jijitsu), じじつ (ja) (jijitsu), 本当 (ja) (hontō), ほんとう (ja) (hontō), 真理 (ja) (しんり, shinri)
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true facts
- Arabic: حقيقة (ar) (ḥaqīqa) f
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܩܘܫܬܐ (quštāʾ) m
- Armenian: ճշմարտություն (hy) (č̣šmartut'yun)
- Azeri: həqiqət (az)
- Basque: egia (eu)
- Belarusian: праўда (be) (práŭda) f, ісціна (be) (íscina) f
- Bulgarian: истина (bg) (ístina) f, правда (bg) (právda) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 真理 (cmn) (zhēnlǐ), 真實 (cmn), 真实 (cmn) (zhēnshí), 事實 (cmn), 事实 (cmn) (shìshí)
- Czech: pravda (cs) f
- Danish: sandhed (da)
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: waarheid (nl) f, werkelijkheid (nl) f
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- Estonian: tõde (et)
- Finnish: totuus (fi)
- French: vérité (fr)
- Georgian: სიმართლე (ka) (simart'le)
- German: Wahrheit (de) f
- Greek: αλήθεια (el) (alíthia) f
- Hindi: सच (hi) (sac) m
- Hungarian: igazság (hu)
- Icelandic: sannleikur (is) m
- Irish: fírinne (ga) f
- Japanese: 真実 (ja) (shinjitsu), しんじつ (ja) (shinjitsu), 真相 (ja) (shinsō), しんそう (ja) (shinsō), 実態 (ja) (jittai), じったい (ja) (jittai), 事実 (ja) (jijitsu), じじつ (ja) (jijitsu), 本当 (ja) (hontō), ほんとう (ja) (hontō)
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something acknowledged to be true
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- Kannada: ನನ್ನಿ (nanni)
- Korean: 진실 (jinsil), 진리 (jilli), 참됨 (chamdoem)
- Kurdish: ڕاستی
- Latin: veritas f
- Macedonian: вистина (vistina) f
- Malayalam: സത്യം (sathyam), നേര് (ner)
- Northern Sami: duohtavuohta
- Norwegian: sannhet
- Occitan: vertat f
- Persian: درستی (dorosti)
- Portuguese: verdade f
- Romanian: adevăr n
- Serbo-Croatian: istina f
- Slovak: pravda f
- Slovene: resnica f
- Spanish: verdad f
- Swahili: kweli (class 9/10)
- Welsh: gwir
- Telugu: నిజము (te) (nijamu)
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Verb
truth (third-person singular simple present truths, present participle truthing, simple past and past participle truthed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To assert as true; to declare.
- Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven. — Ford.
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