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• /ˈækʃuəl/
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• /ˈæktʃuəl/
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• /ˈæktʃəl/
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• /ˈæktjʊəl/ dated, non-yod-coalescence, Received Pronunciation
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• /ˈæktjəl/ dated, non-yod-coalescence, Received Pronunciation
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• colloquial: /ˈæt͡ʃəl/
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• rhymes with -æktʃuəl
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• rhymes with -ækʃuəl
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 K CH AH0 W AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: AE1 K SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to act”) + -alis (“-al”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2éǵeti, from the root *h2eǵ-. By surface analysis, act + -u- + -al.

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَقِيقِيّ (ḥaqīqiyy) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Arabic: وَاقِعِيّ (wāqiʕiyy) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Arabic: فِعْلِيّ (fiʕliyy) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Bengali: আসল (aśol) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Bengali: বাস্তব (bastob) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Bengali: খোদ (khōd) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Bulgarian: реа́лен (reálen) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Bulgarian: действи́телен (dejstvítelen) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Catalan: real — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Chinese Mandarin: 實際的 /实际的 (shíjì de) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Czech: skutečný — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Dutch: werkelijk — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Dutch: daadwerkelijk — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Dutch: effectief — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Dutch: reëel — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Esperanto: reala — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Finnish: todellinen — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Finnish: tosiasiallinen — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• French: réel — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• French: effectif — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Georgian: ნამდვილი (namdvili) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• German: tatsächlich — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• German: konkret — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Greek: πραγματικός (pragmatikós) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Hausa: ainihin — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Hindi: वास्तविक (vāstavik) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Hungarian: valóságos — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Hungarian: fennálló — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Hungarian: tényleges — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Interlingua: real — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Interlingua: effective — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Interlingua: ver — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Italian: reale — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Italian: effettivo — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Japanese: 実際の (jissai no) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Japanese: 現実の (genjitsu no) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Māori: tinana — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Middle English: actual — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Norwegian: faktisk — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Norwegian: reell — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Norwegian: virkelig — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Portuguese: real — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Portuguese: efectivo — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Russian: реа́льный (reálʹnyj) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Russian: действи́тельный (dejstvítelʹnyj) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Russian: настоя́щий (nastojáščij) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Scottish Gaelic: cinnteach — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Swedish: faktisk — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Swedish: verklig — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Swedish: reell — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Turkish: gerçek — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Ottoman Turkish: كرچك (gerçek) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Ukrainian: ді́йсний (díjsnyj) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Ukrainian: спра́вжній (správžnij) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Vietnamese: thật — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Vietnamese: thật sự — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Vietnamese: thực tế — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Vietnamese: có thật — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Yiddish: פֿאַקטיש (faktish) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Yiddish: רעאַל (real) — existing in act or reality, not just potentially
• Amharic: እውነተኛ (ʾəwnätäña) — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Belarusian: факты́чны (faktýčny) — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Bulgarian: реа́лен (reálen) — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Dutch: echt — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Dutch: reëel — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Dutch: werkelijk — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Esperanto: fakta — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Esperanto: vera — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Finnish: todellinen — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Georgian: ფაქტობრივი (pakṭobrivi) — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Hindi: सत्य (satya) — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Hungarian: tényleges — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Hungarian: valódi — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Hungarian: igazi — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Hungarian: valóságos — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Italian: concreto — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Latin: vērus — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Māori: tinana — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Middle English: actual — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Polish: właściwy — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Polish: prawdziwy — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Russian: и́стинный (ístinnyj) — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Russian: по́длинный (pódlinnyj) — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Russian: факти́ческий (faktíčeskij) — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Russian: настоя́щий (nastojáščij) — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Scottish Gaelic: cinnteach — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Turkish: hakiki — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Ukrainian: спра́вжній (správžnij) — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Ukrainian: факти́чний (faktýčnyj) — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Yiddish: פֿאַקטיש (faktish) — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Yiddish: באמתדיק (beémesdik) — factual, real, not just apparent or even false
• Arabic: حَاضِر (ḥāḍir) — in action at the time being
• Arabic: رَاهِن (rāhin) — in action at the time being
• Bulgarian: сегашен (segašen) — in action at the time being
• Bulgarian: актуа́лен (aktuálen) — in action at the time being
• Catalan: real — in action at the time being
• Chinese Mandarin: 現實的 /现实的 (xiànshí de) — in action at the time being
• Dutch: actueel — in action at the time being
• Dutch: huidig — in action at the time being
• Esperanto: nuna — in action at the time being
• Esperanto: aktuala — in action at the time being
• Esperanto: efektiva — in action at the time being
• Esperanto: kuranta — in action at the time being
• Finnish: nykyinen — in action at the time being
• Finnish: tämänhetkinen — in action at the time being
• Finnish: ajankohtainen — in action at the time being
• Georgian: მიმდინარე (mimdinare) — in action at the time being
• German: gegenwärtig — in action at the time being
• German: aktuell — in action at the time being
• Hungarian: jelenlegi — in action at the time being
• Hungarian: aktuális — in action at the time being
• Interlingua: actual — in action at the time being
• Interlingua: real — in action at the time being
• Interlingua: existente — in action at the time being
• Italian: esistente — in action at the time being
• Italian: attuale — in action at the time being
• Italian: corrente — in action at the time being
• Middle English: actual — in action at the time being
• Polish: aktualny — in action at the time being
• Portuguese: actual — in action at the time being
• Portuguese: real — in action at the time being
• Russian: теку́щий (tekúščij) — in action at the time being
• Russian: действи́тельный (dejstvítelʹnyj) — in action at the time being
• Russian: настоя́щий (nastojáščij) — in action at the time being
• Russian: ны́нешний (nýnešnij) — in action at the time being
• Spanish: actual — in action at the time being
• Swedish: befintlig — in action at the time being
• Swedish: rådande — in action at the time being
• Swedish: aktuell — in action at the time being
• Turkish: güncel — in action at the time being
• Turkish: aktüel — in action at the time being
• Turkish: şimdiki — in action at the time being
• Ukrainian: пото́чний (potóčnyj) — in action at the time being
• Ukrainian: актуа́льний (aktuálʹnyj) — in action at the time being
• Ukrainian: факти́чний (faktýčnyj) — in action at the time being
• Ukrainian: ді́йсний (díjsnyj) — in action at the time being
• Vietnamese: hiện tại — in action at the time being
• Vietnamese: hiện thời — in action at the time being
• Vietnamese: hiện nay — in action at the time being
• Vietnamese: đúng thời — in action at the time being
• Bulgarian: действи́телен (dejstvítelen) — emphasise a noun
• Dutch: eigenlijk — emphasise a noun
• Dutch: feitelijk — emphasise a noun
• Finnish: suoranainen — emphasise a noun
• German: tatsächlich — emphasise a noun
• Italian: presente — emphasise a noun
• Portuguese: em si — emphasise a noun
• Russian: настоя́щий (nastojáščij) — emphasise a noun
• Turkish: esas — emphasise a noun
• Turkish: asıl — emphasise a noun