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real
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin re?lis (“actual”), from Latin r?s (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh?ís (“wealth, goods”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: r??l, ri?l, r?l, IPA(key): /??i??l/, /????l/, /?i?l/
- Homophone: reel (some accents)
Adjective
real (comparative realer or more real, superlative realest or most real)
- 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.
- a description of real life
- 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, 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.
- (law) Relating to immovable tangible property.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Cunning
- Many are perfect in men's humours that are not greatly capable of the real part of business.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Cunning
- Absolute, complete, utter.
- (slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners.
Synonyms
- (true, genuine): true, actual
- (genuine, not artificial): authentic, genuine, actual
- (genuine, unfeigned): authentic, genuine, heartfelt, true, actual
- (that has physical existence): actual
Antonyms
- (true, genuine): imaginary, non-real, unreal
- (genuine, not artificial): artificial, counterfeit, fake, sham
- (genuine, unfeigned): feigned, sham, staged
- (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
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
real (not comparable)
- (US, colloquial) Really, very.
Translations
Noun
real (plural reals)
- A commodity; see realty.
- (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
- (mathematics) A real number.
- There have been several classical constructions of the reals that avoid these problems, the most famous ones being Dedekind Cuts and Cauchy Sequences, named respectively for the mathematicians Richard Dedekind (1831 - 1916) and Augustine Cauchy (1789 - 1857). We will not discuss these constructions here, but will use a more modern one developed by Gabriel Stolzenberg, based on "interval arithmetic."
- (obsolete) A realist.
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish real (“royal”), from Latin r?g?lis (“regal, royal”). Doublet of regal and royal.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: r?äl', IPA(key): /?e????l/
- (US) enPR: r?äl', IPA(key): /?e???l/
Noun
real (plural reales)
- Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
- A coin worth one real.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Portuguese real (“royal”), from Latin r?g?lis (“regal; royal”). Doublet of regal and royal.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: r?äl', IPA(key): /?e????l/
- (US) enPR: r?äl', IPA(key): /?e???l/
Noun
real (plural reis or réis or reals)
- A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.
- A coin worth one real.
real (plural reais or reals)
- 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.
- 2011, Perry Anderson, "Lula's Brazil", London Review of Books, 33.VII:
- 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
Anagrams
- Arel, Earl, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, Raël, earl, lare, lear, rale
Asturian
Adjective
real (epicene, plural reales)
- real
- royal
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /re?al/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin re?lis, from Latin r?s.
Adjective
real (masculine and feminine plural reals)
- real
Derived terms
- nombre real
- realment
Related terms
- realitat
Etymology 2
Noun
real m (plural reals)
- real (currency of Brazil)
Further reading
- “real” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “real” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “real” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “real” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin re?lis (“real, actual”), from Latin r?s (“matter, thing”).
Adjective
real
- real (true, genuine)
- real (that has physical existence)
Synonyms
- aqiqiy, kerçek
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Estonian
Noun
real
- adessive singular of rida
Galician
Etymology 1
From Latin r?g?lis (“royal”), from r?x (“king”) + -alis, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s (“ruler, king”).
Adjective
real m or f (plural reais)
- royal
- Synonym: rexio
Related terms
- realeza
- rei
Noun
real m (plural reais)
- real (former unit of currency of Spain)
- real (unit of currency used in Brazil)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Late Latin re?lis (“actual”), from Latin r?s (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *r?y- (“thing; possession”).
Adjective
real m or f (plural reais)
- real (actually being, existing)
Derived terms
- número real
Related terms
- realidade
- realismo
- realista
Further reading
- “real” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin re?lis. Doublet of reell.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?al/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
real (comparative realer, superlative am realsten)
- that has physical existence; real
- pertaining to reality; real, realistic
- Diese Geschichte ist nicht real.
- Sie ist ein kluges Mädchen; sie denkt real.
- reale Pläne
- (economics) real (not nominal), measured in purchasing power
Declension
Synonyms
- (that has physical existence): echt, existent, bestehend, gegenständlich, dinglich
See also
- sachlich, tatsächlich, wirklich
Further reading
- “real” in Duden online
Indonesian
Etymology
From English real, from Middle English real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin re?lis (“actual”), from Latin r?s (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh?ís (“wealth, goods”). Doublet of riil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?r?al]
- Hyphenation: rè?al
Adjective
real
- real.
- Synonyms: aktual, berbentuk, berupa, kasatmata, konkret, nyata, riil, sesungguhnya, sungguh
Related terms
Further reading
- “real” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French reel, from Late Latin re?lis.
Alternative forms
- riall, realle, reale, ryall, reall
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r??al/, /?ri?al/
Adjective
real
- (Late Middle English) real, true, factual
- (Late Middle English, law) concerning possessions
Descendants
- English: real
- Scots: real
References
- “r?al, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.
Etymology 2
Adjective
real
- Alternative form of ryal
Noun
real
- Alternative form of ryal
Adverb
real
- Alternative form of ryal
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French real.
Adjective
real m (feminine singular reale, masculine plural reals, feminine plural reales)
- royal; Alternative form of royal
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Late Latin realis.
Adjective
real (masculine and feminine real, neuter realt, definite singular and plural reale)
- actual, real
Derived terms
- realfag
Etymology 2
From Portuguese real, from Latin regalis.
Noun
real m (definite singular realen, indefinite plural realer, definite plural realene)
- the real, monetary unit of Brazil
References
- “real” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Late Latin re?lis, from Latin r?s (“thing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²re?.?l/ (example of pronunciation)
Adjective
real (masculine and feminine real, neuter realt, definite singular and plural reale)
- actual, real
- candid
Derived terms
- realfag
Etymology 2
From Spanish and Portuguese real, from Latin r?g?lis (“royal”). Doublet of rijal.
Noun
real m (definite singular realen, indefinite plural realar, definite plural realane)
- (numismatics) the real, monetary unit of Brazil
- (numismatics, historical) a real, one of the former units of currency and coins used in Spain, Portugal and their colonies
Etymology 3
Noun
real ?
- (education, historical, colloquial) short for realskuleklasse
References
- “real” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- erla, lera, lêra, rale, rela
Old French
Adjective
real m (oblique and nominative feminine singular real or reale)
- royal; Alternative form of roial
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- El palés real venu sont
- They came into the royal palace
- El palés real venu sont
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Declension
Descendants
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?ja?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?e.?aw/, [?ë.?ä??]
- Hyphenation: re?al
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin re?lis (“actual”), from Latin r?s (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *r?y- (“thing; possession”).
Adjective
real m or f (plural reais, comparable)
- true, real
- that has physical existence; real
- (mathematics, of a number) being a member of the set of real numbers; real
Inflection
Noun
real m (plural reais)
- a real number
Related terms
- realidade, realismo, realista, realístico, realizar, realmente
Etymology 2
From Latin r?g?lis (“royal”), from r?x (“king”) + -alis, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s (“ruler, king”).
Adjective
real m or f (plural reais, comparable)
- of or relating to the monarchy; royal; regal
- having the air or demeanour of a monarch; regal
Related terms
- realengo, realeza, rei, reino
Noun
real m (plural reais)
- a former Spanish currency
- the current Brazilian currency
Noun
real m (plural reais or réis)
- a former currency of Portugal and its colonies (the plural later became réis)
Further reading
- “real” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French réel, German real, both from Late Latin re?lis (“real, actual”), from Latin r?s (“matter, thing”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [re?al]
Adjective
real m or n (feminine singular real?, masculine plural reali, feminine and neuter plural reale)
- real
Declension
Antonyms
- nereal
Related terms
- realitate
See also
- adev?rat
Further reading
- real in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?al/, [re?al]
- Rhymes: -al
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin re?lis (“actual”), from Latin r?s (“matter, thing”).
Adjective
real (plural reales)
- real
- Synonyms: verdadero, existente
- Antonym: irreal
Derived terms
Related terms
- realidad
- realista
- realismo
- realizar
Etymology 2
From Latin r?g?lis (“regal, royal”), from r?x. Cognate with English regal and royal.
Adjective
real (plural reales)
- royal
- Synonym: regio
- Antonym: plebeyo
Noun
real m (plural reales)
- real (unit of currency)
- (Spain, historical, colloquial) a quarter of a peseta
Descendants
- ? Arabic: ????? (riy?l)
- Gulf Arabic: ????? (ry?l)
- ? Malagasy: ariary
- ? English: ariary
- ? Irish: réal
- ? Italian: reale
- ? Ottoman Turkish: ?????, ??????
- Turkish: riyal
- ? Ottoman Turkish: ?????, ??????
Derived terms
Related terms
- rey
Further reading
- “real” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Adjective
real (not comparable)
- objective, real, pertaining to real and physical objects
Declension
Synonyms
- saklig
Noun
real c
- Clipping of realskola.
- Clipping of realskoleexamen.
- real (currency of Brazil and formerly Portugal)
Declension
References
- real in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- lera
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explicit
English
Etymology
First attested 1609, from French explicite, from Latin explicitus (“disentangled", "easy”), an alternative form of the past participle of explic?re (“to unfold”), from ex- (“out”) + plic? (“to fold”). Pornographic sense is from 1971.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?spl?s?t/ enPR: ?k-spl?s??t
- Rhymes: -?s?t
Adjective
explicit (comparative more explicit, superlative most explicit)
- Very specific, clear, or detailed.
- I gave explicit instructions for him to stay here, but he followed me, anyway.
- (euphemistic) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic.
- The film had several scenes including explicit language and sex.
Synonyms
- (very specific, clear): express, manifest, overt; see also Thesaurus:explicit
- (containing offensive material): raunchy
Antonyms
- (very specific, clear): implicit, unexplicit, vague
- (containing offensive material): circumspect
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Phrase
explicit
- (obsolete) Used at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
Further reading
- explicit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- explicit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Alternative forms
- (proscribed) excipit
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin explicit (“to unfold”).
Noun
explicit m (plural explicits)
- end (of a story)
Antonyms
- incipit
References
- “explicit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin explicit.
Noun
explicit m (oblique plural expliciz or explicitz, nominative singular expliciz or explicitz, nominative plural explicit)
- end (of a story)
Synonyms
- finit
Romanian
Etymology
From French explicite, from Latin explicitus.
Adjective
explicit m or n (feminine singular explicit?, masculine plural explici?i, feminine and neuter plural explicite)
- explicit
Declension
Swedish
Adjective
explicit
- explicit
Adverb
explicit
- explicitly
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