true
English
/tɹuː/, /tɹu/, /tɹjuː/, /tɹɪʊ̯/
adj
Definitions
- (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
- Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
- (logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
- Loyal, faithful.
- Genuine; legitimate.
- Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called m
- (of an) Accurate; following a path toward the target.
- (chiefly) Fair, unbiased, not loaded.
- (Of a literary genre) based on actual historical events.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English trewe inherited from Old English trīewe inherited from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (true, faithful, loyal) derived from Proto-Indo-European *drewh₂- (steady, firm).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*drewh₂-
Gloss
steady, firm
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Truebie English
- antitruth English
- betroth English
- biotruth English
- born English
- countertruth English
- half-truth English
- love English
- mistruth English
- nontrue English
- nontruth English
- post-truth English
- semitrue English
- semitruth English
- supertrue English
- supertruth English
- tell-troth English
- tell-truth English
- tone English
- troth English
- trothless English
- trothplight English
- trothplighted English
- trueborn English
- trueful English
- truefully English
- truefulness English
- trueism English
- truelove English
- truely English
- trueness English
- truesome English
- truetone English
- truing English
- truism English
- truly English
- truth English
- truthaphobia English
- truthbearer English
- truthen English
- truther English
- truthful English
- truthify English
- truthless English
- truthlike English
- truthly English
- truthmaker English
- truthmaking English
- truthness English
- truthology English
- truthseeker English
- truthsome English
- truthteller English
- truthtelling English
- truthward English
- truthwards English
- truthy English
- untrue English
- untruely English
- untrueness English
- untruism English
- untruly English
- untruth English
- robustus Latin
- gesetzestreu German
- kaisertreu German
- koalitionstreu German
- linientreu German
- rechtstreu German
- regimetreu German
- treu German
- treudoof German
- treuherzig German
- treusorgend German
- untreu German
- getrouw Dutch, Flemish
- getrouwheid Dutch, Flemish
- traditiegetrouw Dutch, Flemish
- waarheidsgetrouw Dutch, Flemish
- truisme French
- δροόν Ancient Greek
- *deru- Proto-Indo-European
- *drewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *dóru Proto-Indo-European
- robust Norwegian Bokmål
- truisme Norwegian Bokmål
- *triwwiz Proto-Germanic
- trygg Swedish
- trygga Swedish
- trygghet Swedish
- robust Norwegian Nynorsk
- truisme Norwegian Nynorsk
- trygg Norwegian Nynorsk
- tryggleik Norwegian Nynorsk
- trēowe Old English
- trīewe Old English
- treunesse Middle English
- trewe Middle English
- trewely Middle English
- troth Middle English
- trouthe Middle English
- truely Middle English
- truful Middle English
- untrewe Middle English
- aindearbh Irish
- dearbh Irish
- dearbhaigh Irish
- dearfa Irish
- deirfiúr Irish
- tryggr Old Norse
- getrouwe Middle Dutch
- triuwi Old High German
- derb Old Irish
- dearbh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- jarroo Manx
- triuwe Middle High German
- Trei Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- trei Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 Gothic
- *triuwī gmw-pro
- truu Estonian
- *derwos Proto-Celtic
- truwe Middle Low German
- trüüw Alemannic German
- tru Tok Pisin
- trei Pennsylvania German
- trik- Tocharian B
- tru Sranan Tongo
- drue Yola
- love
- tone
- born
- truly
- truth
- troth
- truely
- truthy
- untrue
- truing
- truism
- Truebie
- trueful
- nontrue
- untruth
- untruly
- truther
- truthen
- truthly
- trueism
- betroth
- truelove
- nontruth
- truesome
- truthful
- untruely
- trueness
- truthify
- biotruth
- semitrue
- trueborn
- mistruth
- truetone
- untruism
- truthless
- semitruth
- truthlike
- supertrue
- truthsome
- truthness
- trothless
- truefully
- truthward
- antitruth
- truthology
- truthmaker
- half-truth
- untrueness
- tell-troth
- truthwards
- supertruth
- tell-truth
- post-truth
- trothplight
- truthteller
- truthbearer
- truthseeker
- truefulness
- truthmaking
- countertruth
- truthaphobia
- truthtelling
- trothplighted