real
Middle English
/ˈrɛːal/
adjective
Definitions
- (Late ME) real, true, factual
- (Late ME) concerning possessions
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French reel derived from Latin reālis (actual, real).
Origin
Latin
reālis
Gloss
actual, real
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antireal English
- cyberreal English
- derealize English
- hyperreal English
- nonreal English
- photoreal English
- real English
- real reality English
- realism English
- realist English
- reality English
- realize English
- really English
- realness English
- realsome English
- realspace English
- realtime English
- realtone English
- superreal English
- unreal English
- realitas Latin
- reālis Latin
- reālitās Latin
- rēs Latin
- Realien German
- real German
- reale Italian
- réel French
- real Spanish, Castilian
- real Portuguese
- reall Middle English
- realle Middle English
- reálný Czech
- reel Old French
- reala Esperanto
- real Catalan, Valencian
- reāls Latvian
- reala Ido
- réel Norman
- реален Bulgarian
- real Middle French
- reel Middle French
- 리얼 Korean
- real Crimean Tatar
- realizm Crimean Tatar