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English

rank|anything|matter|passed|291|true|friend|herself|year

Etymology
Old English tr�owe

Pronunciation
IPA|/tru�/, SAMPA|/tru:/
audio|en-us-true.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�|-u�

Adjective
en-adj|tru|er

1. context|of a statement concurring with a given set of facts.
2. logic A state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.

#:"A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true.

1. Loyal, faithful.

#:He�s turned out to be a true friend. (See below, "Compound Words and Terms")

1. Genuine.

#:This is true Parmesan cheese.

1. Legitimate.

#:The true king has returned!

1. Truth

#:...the true mention some form of accord with fact or reality.

Antonyms
false (1,2,3)

Translations
trans-top|concurring with a given set of facts
Albanian: vërtetë
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ܫܪ�ܪ� (sharīr�, sharīro) m, ܫܪ�ܪܬ� (sharīrt�, sharīrto) f
:Hebrew: שר�ר� (sharīr�, sharīro) m, שר�רת� (sharīrt�, sharīrto) f
Catalan: veritable
Croatian: istinit, pravi
Czech: pravdivý m
Danish: sand
Dutch: echt, echte
Fijian: dina
Finnish: tosi
French: vrai
German: wahr
Greek: αλήθεια (alíthia) f
Hebrew: נ��� (nakhón)
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Hungarian: igaz
Indonesian: benar
Italian: vero
Japanese: ��� (shinjitsu-no)
Korean: 참�� (chamdoeda), �르� (bareuda)
Maori: pono
Polish: prawdziwy
Portuguese: verdadeiro
Russian: ве�н�й (vérnyj),и��инн�й (ístinnyj), п�авдив�й (pravdívyj)
Sardinian: beru
Scottish Gaelic: fìor
Serbian: istinit, pravi, istinito, pravo
Slovene: resni�en m, resni�na f, resni�no n
Spanish: cierto
Swedish: sann
Turkish: gerçek
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trans-top|A state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result
Dutch: waar, ware
Finnish: tosi
French: vrai
German: wahr
Hebrew: ����� (hiyúvi)
Japanese: � (shin)
Korean: 참�� (chamida)
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Polish: prawdziwy
Portuguese: verdadeiro
Russian: и��инн�й (ístinnyj)
Serbian: istinito
Slovene: resni�no n resnica f
Swedish: sann
Turkish: do�ru
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trans-top|Loyal, faithful
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ܫܪ�ܪ� (sharīr�, sharīro) m, ܫܪ�ܪܬ� (sharīrt�, sharīrto) f
:Hebrew: שר�ר� (sharīr�, sharīro) m, שר�רת� (sharīrt�, sharīrto) f
Dutch: trouw, trouwe
Finnish: tosi- (in compounds)
German: wahr, treu
Greek: �ι���� (pistós) m, �ι��ή (pistí) f
trans-mid
Hebrew: נ��� (ne�eman)
Japanese: ��� (hont�-no)
Korean: 참�� (chamdoeda), �르� (bareuda)
Portuguese: verdadeiro
Russian: ве�н�й (vérnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: dìleas
Serbian: veran m, verna f, verno n
Spanish: verdadero
Swedish: trogen, sann
Turkish: sadık
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trans-top|Genuine
Czech: pravý m
Finnish: oikea
German: echt
Greek: α�θεν�ικ�� (afthentikós) m
Japanese: ��� (honmono-no)
Korean: 참�� (chamdoeda), �르� (bareuda)
trans-mid
Portuguese: verdadeiro
Russian: наc�о��ий (nastojáš�ij)
Scottish Gaelic: fìor
Serbian: iskren, istinski
Spanish: auténtico
Swedish: äkta
Turkish: gerçek
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trans-top|Legitimate
Finnish: todellinen
German: wahr
Greek: ν�μιμο� (nómimos) m
Japanese: 正統� (seit�-na)
Korean: 참�� (chamdoeda), �르� (bareuda)
trans-mid
Portuguese: verdadeiro
Russian: и��инн�й (ístinnyj), наc�о��ий (nastojáš�ij)
Serbian: istinito, zakonito
Swedish: sann
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|صح�ح unicode|(�aħíeħ)
ttbc|Catalan: ver#Catalan|ver
ttbc|Cebuano: matuod
ttbc|Chinese: �� (zh�nshí), �� (zh�nde), 正确 (zhèngquè)
ttbc|Esperanto: vera
ttbc|Hungarian: igaz, igaz, valódi
ttbc|Ido: vera
ttbc|Irish: fíor
ttbc|Italian: vero
ttbc|Romany: tatcho
ttbc|Romanian: adev�rat
ttbc|Spanish: verdadero
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Noun
true pluralonly

1. italbrac|always with "the" Those who are loyal or faithful.

Translations

Greek: οι �ι��οί (i pistí) m pl
mid

Verb
en-verb|trues|trueing|trued

1. To straighten.

#: He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.

Translations

Finnish: suoristaa
Greek: αληθε�ει (alithévi)
mid
Portuguese: endireitar
Swedish: räta

Derived terms
true blue
true-heart
come true

Related terms
false
truth

Category:100 English basic words
Category:Positive words

fr:true
ko:true
hy:true
io:true
id:true
it:true
kk:true
ku:true
la:true
hu:true
ja:true
pl:true
pt:true
ru:true
simple:true
fi:true
sv:true
ta:true
te:true
vi:true
tr:true
uk:true
zh:true

• 2007-12-19 20:33 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations to be checked */

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