"reality" in seven languages
Meaningreality
Spanish
realidad
/ɾealiˈdad/
fem.learned
French
réalité
/ʁealite/
fem.learned
Italian
realtà
/realˈta/
fem.learned
Portuguese
realidade
/healiˈdadʒi/
fem.learned
Romanian
realitate
/realiˈtate/
fem.learned
Catalan
realitat
/rəəliˈtat/
fem.learned
English
reality
/ɹiˈæləti/
from Latin/French · Middle French réalité / Medieval Latin REĀLITĀS
English → ItalianrealityrealtàCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
REĀLITĀTEM (Medieval Latin)‘reality (from RĒS 'thing')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A scholars' coinage on RĒS 'thing': reality is 'thing-ness'. The -TĀTEM ending gives the textbook set -dad, -té, -tà, -ty.
English relatives: real, realize, rebus
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In a sentence
- esLa realidad es muy distinta.
- frLa réalité est très différente.
- itLa realtà è molto diversa.
- ptA realidade é bem diferente.
- roRealitatea e cu totul alta.
- caLa realitat és molt diferent.
- enThe reality is very different.