real.
true, real
Meaning & usage
true, real
that has physical existence; real
being a member of the set of real numbers; real
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālislbor. Old Galician-Portuguese real Portuguese real Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese real, from Late Latin reālem (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”).
a real number
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālislbor. Old Galician-Portuguese real Portuguese real Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese real, from Late Latin reālem (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”).
truth (conformity to fact or reality)
Estou falando a real.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālislbor. Old Galician-Portuguese real Portuguese real Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese real, from Late Latin reālem (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”).
royal; regal
having the air or demeanour of a monarch; regal
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Italic *rēks Latin rēx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin rēgālis Old Galician-Portuguese real Portuguese real Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese real, from Latin rēgālis (“royal”), from rēx (“king”) + -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Equivalent to rei + -al. * (currency used in Brazil since 1994): from Unidade Real de Valor (“Real Unit of Value”), an intermediary unit pegged to the US dollar which was introduced during a transitional period from the cruzeiro-real as a measure to combat inflation. Although the word real is clearly used to invoke the meaning of “actual value” (hence the plural reais), a connection to the former currency real (etymology 1, plural réis) is likely also intentional. As such, most dictionaries inform Latin rēgālis as the word’s etymon.
real (unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994)
real (unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies between 1430 and 1911 and in Brazil between 1790 and 1942)
real (former unit of currency used in Spain and its colonies)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Italic *rēks Latin rēx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin rēgālis Old Galician-Portuguese real Portuguese real Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese real, from Latin rēgālis (“royal”), from rēx (“king”) + -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Equivalent to rei + -al. * (currency used in Brazil since 1994): from Unidade Real de Valor (“Real Unit of Value”), an intermediary unit pegged to the US dollar which was introduced during a transitional period from the cruzeiro-real as a measure to combat inflation. Although the word real is clearly used to invoke the meaning of “actual value” (hence the plural reais), a connection to the former currency real (etymology 1, plural réis) is likely also intentional. As such, most dictionaries inform Latin rēgālis as the word’s etymon.
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