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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)

1. True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
2. Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.

3. Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.

4. Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.

   a description of real life
5. That has objective, physical existence.

6. (economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast nominal).

7. (economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
8. (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.
9. (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.

10. Absolute, complete, utter.

11. (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)

1. (US, colloquial) Really, very.

Translations

Noun

real (plural reals)

1. A commodity; see realty.
2. (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
3. (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."

4. (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)

1. Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
3. 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)

1. A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.
2. A coin worth one real.

real (plural reais or reals)

1. 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.

2. 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)

1. real
2. 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)

1. real

Derived terms

• nombre real
• realment

Related terms

• realitat

Etymology 2

Noun

real m (plural reals)

1. 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

1. real (true, genuine)
2. 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

1. 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)

1. royal

   Synonym: rexio

Related terms

• realeza
• rei

Noun

real m (plural reais)

1. real (former unit of currency of Spain)
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. that has physical existence; real
2. pertaining to reality; real, realistic

   Diese Geschichte ist nicht real.

   Sie ist ein kluges Mädchen; sie denkt real.

   reale Pläne

3. (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

1. 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

1. (Late Middle English) real, true, factual
2. (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

1. Alternative form of ryal

Noun

real

1. Alternative form of ryal

Adverb

real

1. Alternative form of ryal

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French real.

Adjective

real m (feminine singular reale, masculine plural reals, feminine plural reales)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. actual, real
2. 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)

1. (numismatics) the real, monetary unit of Brazil
2. (numismatics, historical) a real, one of the former units of currency and coins used in Spain, Portugal and their colonies

Etymology 3

Noun

real ?

1. (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)

1. royal; Alternative form of roial
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     El palés real venu sont

     They came into the royal palace

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)

1. true, real
2. that has physical existence; real
3. (mathematics, of a number) being a member of the set of real numbers; real

Inflection

Noun

real m (plural reais)

1. 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)

1. of or relating to the monarchy; royal; regal
2. having the air or demeanour of a monarch; regal

Related terms

• realengo, realeza, rei, reino

Noun

real m (plural reais)

1. a former Spanish currency
2. the current Brazilian currency

Noun

real m (plural reais or réis)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. royal

   Synonym: regio

   Antonym: plebeyo

Noun

real m (plural reales)

1. real (unit of currency)
2. (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

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)

1. objective, real, pertaining to real and physical objects

Declension

Synonyms

• saklig

Noun

real c

1. Clipping of realskola.
2. Clipping of realskoleexamen.
3. real (currency of Brazil and formerly Portugal)

Declension

References

• real in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• lera

English

Etymology

From Middle English material, from Late Latin m?teri?lis, from Latin m?teria (“wood, material, substance”), from m?ter (“mother”). Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /m??t??i.?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??t?????l/
• Hyphenation: ma?te?ri?al

Adjective

material (comparative more material, superlative most material)

1. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
   • 1913, Alfred Bowyer Sharpe, Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Evil

     the material elements of the universe

2. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.

   Antonym: spiritual

3. (law, accounting) Significant.

   • discourse, which was always material, not trifling

   • I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down only such as are most material to our present purpose.

   Antonym: immaterial

Synonyms

• (related to matter): See also Thesaurus:substantial
• (worldly): mundane
• (significant): See also Thesaurus:pertinent

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

material (countable and uncountable, plural materials)

2. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
4. Text written for a specific purpose.

6. A sample or specimens for study.
8. Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.

   • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.

10. The people collectively who are qualified for a certain position or activity.

12. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
13. The substance that something is made or composed of.
14. (chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard.

Usage notes

• Sense 4 ("cloth" or "fabric") rather awkwardly uses material to refer to a holonym (or subgroup, or, in this case, a more specific iteration) of itself. "Fabric" or "cloth" are more specific (or put another way, less vague) choices of word than "material" when referring to a textile.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:material

Derived terms

Related terms

• matter

Translations

See also

• materiel

Verb

material (third-person singular simple present materials, present participle materialling, simple past and past participle materialled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.
   • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

     I believe that the whole frame of a beast doth perish, and is left in the same state after death as before it was materialled unto life.

Anagrams

• Armalite

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin materialis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /m?.t?.?i?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ma.te.?i?al/

Adjective

material (masculine and feminine plural materials)

1. material (clarification of this definition is needed)

Noun

material m (plural materials)

1. material (clarification of this definition is needed)

Related terms

• matèria

Further reading

• “material” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin materialis.

Noun

material

1. material

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Galician

Noun

material m (plural materiais)

1. material

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch materiaal, from Middle Dutch materiael, from Middle French material, from Old French material, from Latin m?teri?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma.te?ri.al]
• Hyphenation: ma?té?ri?al

Noun

material (plural material-material, first-person possessive materialku, second-person possessive materialmu, third-person possessive materialnya)

1. material: matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.

Related terms

Further reading

• “material” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• materiel, materiall, materyal, materyall, matryal

Etymology

From Latin m?teri?lis; equivalent to matere +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat?ri?a?l/, /ma?t?ri?a?l/, /ma?t??rial/, /mat?ri???l/, /ma?t??ri?l/

Adjective

material (plural and weak singular materiale)

1. Extant in matter or having physical form; material.
2. Not supernatural or spiritual; regular, conventional, worldly.
3. Being the physical attributes or properties of a thing.
4. Affecting or modifying physical matter or attributes.
5. (rare) Prominent, significant.

Descendants

• English: material

References

• “m??teri?l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-12.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin materiale.

Noun

material n (definite singular materialet, indefinite plural material or materialer, definite plural materiala or materialene)

1. alternative form of materiale

Derived terms

• råmaterial

References

• “material” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin m?teri?lis, from Latin m?teria (“wood, material, substance”), from m?ter (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.te.?i.?aw/, /ma.te.??jaw/
• Hyphenation: ma?te?ri?al

Noun

material m (plural materiais)

1. material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
2. material (sample or specimens for study)
   1. footage (amount of film produced)
   2. (education) resources used in class
3. tackle; supplies; gear; rig (objects collected for use in a particular activity)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:material.

Adjective

material m or f (plural materiais, comparable)

1. (chemistry) material (relating to or composed of matter)
2. (religion) material; worldly (relating to physical rather than spiritual matters)

   Synonym: terreno

3. (of a person, derogatory) materialistic; consumeristic (obsessed with consumer goods)

   Synonyms: materialista, consumista

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:material.

Derived terms

• materialismo
• materialista
• materialmente

Related terms

• matéria

Further reading

• “material” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French matériel, from Latin materialis.

Noun

material n (plural materiali)

1. material

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin m?teri?lis.

Adjective

material (plural materiales)

1. material

Noun

material m (plural materiales)

1. material

Derived terms

• materialmente
• material particulado

Related terms

• materialismo
• materialista
• materia

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

material n

1. a material
2. a matter, a subject (of study)

Declension

Related terms

• bildmaterial
• forskningsmaterial
• informationsmaterial
• materialförvaltare
• materialism
• materialist
• materialkategori
• materialprovning
• materialtyp
• materiel
• materiell
• textmaterial
• tidningsmaterial

Further reading

• material in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)