"real" in seven languages
Meaningreal
Spanish
real
/reˈal/
learned
Also 'royal' — a different word, from RĒGĀLEM.
French
réel
/ʁeɛl/
learned
Italian
reale
/reˈale/
learned
Also 'royal': Palazzo Reale.
Portuguese
real
/heˈaw/
learned
Romanian
real
/reˈal/
learned
Catalan
real
/reˈal/
learned
English
real
/ˈɹiəl/
from Latin/French · Anglo-French real, from Late Latin REĀLIS
English → ItalianrealrealeCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
REĀLEM‘of things, actual (Late Latin, from RĒS)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A scholars' word from RĒS 'thing'. In Spanish and Italian it collided with the heir of RĒGĀLIS 'royal', so Real Madrid is the 'royal' club; French kept them apart as réel and royal.
English relatives: reality, realize, rebus
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In a sentence
- es¿Es real?
- frC'est réel ?
- itÈ reale?
- ptIsso é real?
- roE real?
- caÉs real?
- enIs it real?
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