real

/ˈrē(-ə)l/

Middle English, real, relating to things (in law), from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin & Late Latin; Medieval Latin realis relating to things (in law), from Late Latin, real, from Latin res thing, fact; akin to Sanskrit rayi property

adjective

  1. having objective independent existence

  2. not artificial, fraudulent, or illusory : genuine; also : being precisely what the name implies

  3. occurring or existing in actuality

unable to believe that what he saw was real

real gold

adverb

  1. very, really —used as an intensifier

noun

  1. a real thing; especially : a mathematically real quantity