real
English
/ˈɹiːəl/, /ɹeɪˈɑːl/, /ɹeɪˈɑl/, /ɹeɪˈɑːl/, /ɹeɪˈɑl/
adj
Definitions
- True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
- Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
- Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
- Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
- That has objective, physical existence.
- (economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power contrast nominal.
- (economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
- (mathematics) 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.
- (legal) Relating to immovable tangible property.
- Absolute, complete, utter.
- (slang)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English real derived from Old French reel derived from Latin reālis (actual, real), rēs (thing, matter, affair) derived from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (wealth, goods, riches).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*reh₁ís
Gloss
wealth, goods, riches
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
財
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Islamorealism English
- antireal English
- antirealism English
- antirealist English
- antireality English
- cyberreal English
- cyberreality English
- derealization English
- derealize English
- disrealize English
- hyperreal English
- hyperrealism English
- hyperreality English
- infrarealism English
- irreality English
- macrorealism English
- macrorealist English
- macroreality English
- metarealism English
- metarealist English
- neorealism English
- neorealist English
- neoreality English
- nonreal English
- nonrealism English
- nonrealist English
- nonreality English
- nonrealtime English
- photo-realism English
- photoreal English
- photorealism English
- photorealist English
- pseudorealism English
- pseudoreality English
- real reality English
- realism English
- realist English
- realistic English
- reality English
- realizability English
- realizable English
- realization English
- realize English
- realizer English
- realizest English
- realizeth English
- really English
- realness English
- realsome English
- realspace English
- realtime English
- realtone English
- reism English
- semireality English
- sociorealist English
- space English
- superreal English
- superrealism English
- superreality English
- surrealism English
- technorealism English
- technorealist English
- telereality English
- time English
- tone English
- ultrarealist English
- unreal English
- unrealism English
- unreality English
- unrealize English
- unreally English
- unrealness English
- virtual reality English
- realis Latin
- realitas Latin
- respublica Latin
- reālis Latin
- reālitās Latin
- rēs Latin
- Realien German
- real German
- reale Italian
- réaliser French
- réalité French
- réel French
- real Spanish, Castilian
- realismo Spanish, Castilian
- realista Spanish, Castilian
- reality Spanish, Castilian
- res Spanish, Castilian
- *reh₁ís Proto-Indo-European
- *rēy- Proto-Indo-European
- real Portuguese
- real Middle English
- reall Middle English
- realle Middle English
- really Middle English
- reálný Czech
- reel Old French
- reala Esperanto
- real Catalan, Valencian
- res Catalan, Valencian
- res Galician
- reāls Latvian
- reala Ido
- réel Norman
- realiti Malay
- реален Bulgarian
- real Middle French
- reel Middle French
- *raHíš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 리얼 Korean
- *reis Proto-Italic
- real Crimean Tatar
- realizm Crimean Tatar
- time
- tone
- space
- reism
- unreal
- really
- nonreal
- realize
- realist
- reality
- realism
- realtone
- realtime
- antireal
- unreally
- realness
- realsome
- realizer
- hyperreal
- photoreal
- realspace
- realizeth
- unreality
- cyberreal
- unrealism
- realizest
- superreal
- unrealize
- realistic
- irreality
- derealize
- surrealism
- unrealness
- nonrealism
- neorealist
- nonreality
- realizable
- neorealism
- neoreality
- nonrealist
- disrealize
- antirealist
- telereality
- nonrealtime
- metarealist
- realization
- semireality
- metarealism
- antirealism
- antireality
- cyberreality
- superreality
- macrorealist
- macroreality
- hyperreality
- hyperrealism
- photorealist
- superrealism
- infrarealism
- ultrarealist
- sociorealist
- real reality
- photorealism
- macrorealism
- pseudoreality
- technorealism
- pseudorealism
- derealization
- realizability
- technorealist
- Islamorealism
- photo-realism
- virtual reality