reëel

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French reel, real, from Old French reel, from Latin reālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reːˈ(j)eːl/
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  • Hyphenation: re‧eel
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Adjective

reëel (comparative reëler, superlative reëelst)

  1. real, actual
    Synonyms: echt, werkelijk
    Antonyms: irreëel, onecht, onwerkelijk
  2. realistic
    Synonym: realistisch
    Antonyms: irreëel, onrealistisch
  3. (law) pertaining or relevant to a case; absolute
  4. (mathematics) real, pertaining to real numbers
  5. (economics) real, corrected for inflation, not nominal

Declension

Declension of reëel
uninflected reëel
inflected reële
comparative reëler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial reëel reëler het reëelst
het reëelste
indefinite m./f. sing. reële reëlere reëelste
n. sing. reëel reëler reëelste
plural reële reëlere reëelste
definite reële reëlere reëelste
partitive reëels reëlers

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Jersey Dutch: rêyel
  • Indonesian: riil