wikipedia|Truth (disambiguation)
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Etymology
From OE. triewþ|trīewþ, treowþ|tr�owþ, corresponding to true + -th.

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

Noun
en-noun

1. archaic The state or quality of being true to someone or something; faithfulness, fidelity.

#:Truth to one's own feelings is all-important in life.

1. obsolete A pledge of loyalty or faith.
2. Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.

#:There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice.

1. True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.

#:The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.

1. That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or �genuine� reality.

#:Alcoholism and redemption led me finally to truth.
#*1820: Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. � John Keats, �Ode on a Grecian Urn�

1. Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.

#:Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.
#*1813: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. � Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Antonyms
falsehood
lie
nonsense
untruth
half-truth

Related terms
half-truth
true
truthful
truthiness
truth or dare
untrue

Translations
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Arabic: ARchar|صد� IPAchar|(�e�q) m
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ܫܪܪ� (shr�r�, shroro) m
:Hebrew: שרר� (shr�r�, shroro) m
Breton: gwirionez f
Bulgarian: и��ина (ístina) f
Cebuano: kamatuoran
Chinese: �實, �� (shìshí)
Croatian: istina
Czech: pravda
Danish: sandhed
Dutch: waarheid f
Esperanto: vero
Ewe: nyate�e
Finnish: totuus
French: t+|fr|vérité|f
German: t+|de|Wahrheit|f
Greek: t+|el|αλήθεια|f|sc=Grek
Hebrew: ��ת (emet) f
Hungarian: igazság
Icelandic: sannleikur m
Ido: vera
Indonesian: kebenaran
Italian: verità f
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Japanese: �� (����, shinjitsu), �� (����, hont�), ���(���, shinri)
Kannada: ನನ�ನಿ
Korean: �� (jinsil), �리 (jilli), 참� (chamdoem)
Kurdish: KUchar|�است�
Latin: veritas f
Macedonian: ви��ина (vistina) f
Malayalam: സത�യ� (sathyam), ന�ര� (neru)
Northern Sami: duohtavuohta
Norway: sannhet
Occitan: vertat f
Persian: FAchar|درست� (dorosti)
Polish: prawda f
Portuguese: verdade f
Romanian: adev�r n
Russian: п�авда (právda) f, и��ина (ístina) f
Serbian: istina f
Slovak: pravda f
Slovene: resnica f
Spanish: verdad f
Swahili: kweli (class 9/10)
Swedish: sanning (1)
Welsh: gwir

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