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réel

Pronunciation: /ʁe.ɛl/

“réel” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. real (true, factual, not fictional)
  2. real (of a number)

noun

  1. real (reality)

In French

  1. Véritable, effectif, vrai, sans fiction ni figure.
  2. Tangible, qui a rapport aux biens immeubles. S’oppose en ce sens à personnel.
  3. Se dit d'un nombre dont la partie imaginaire est nulle. Voir nombre réel.
  4. Réalité; concret.
  5. Registre, structure ou catégorie qui s’oppose et complète le symbolique et l’imaginaire.
  6. Nombre réel.
  7. Mesure en unités monétaires constantes, corrigée de l’inflation (déflaté).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs.

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