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==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|trew|trewe||obsolete}}
* {{alter|en|troo||nonstandard}}
* {{alter|en|tr00||leet}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|trewe}}, from {{inh|en|ang|trīewe}}, (Mercian) {{m|ang|trēowe||trusty, faithful}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*triwwiz}} (compare {{cog|stq|trjou||honest}}, {{cog|nl|getrouw}} and {{m|nl|trouw}}, {{cog|de|treu}}, {{cog|no|-}} and {{cog|sv|trygg||safe, secure’}}, from pre-Germanic *''drewh₂yos'', from {{der|en|ine-pro|*drewh₂-||steady, firm}} (compare {{cog|ga|dearbh||sure}}, {{cog|prg|druwis||faith}}, {{cog|grc|δροόν||firm}}), extension of {{m|ine-pro|*dóru||tree}} (possibly also {{cog|sla-pro|*sъdorvъ||healthy}} from the same root). More at {{m|en|tree}}. For the semantic development, compare {{cog|la|robustus||tough}} from {{m|la|robur||red oak}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|trōō}}, {{IPA|en|/tɹuː/|[t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː]}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-true.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-true.ogg|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/tɹjuː/|a=archaic}}
* {{IPA|en|/tɹɪʊ̯/|a=now dialectal}}
* {{rhymes|en|uː|s=1}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|er|more}}

# {{lb|en|of a statement}} [[conform|Conforming]] to the actual state of [[reality]] or [[fact]]; [[factually]] [[correct]].
#: {{ux|en|This is a '''true''' story.}}
#* {{RQ:Churchill Celebrity|VIII|110|{{smc|The}} humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;{{nb...}}. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its '''true''' proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.}}
#* {{RQ:Allingham China Governess|Eye Witness|249|The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which '''true''' stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2009|author=Paul Cartledge|title=Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities|passage=At any rate, this does tend to put in '''truer''' perspective the symbolic claim placed by Herodotus in the mouth of 'the Athenians'—also Ionians—in 480/479, that the fact of being Greek was constituted in essential part by 'same-bloodedness'.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-07-20|volume=408|issue=8845|magazine=w:The Economist| title=[http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21581980-latest-research-suggests-humans-are-not-warriors-their-genes-after-all-old Old soldiers?]| passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.{{...}}One thing that is '''true''', though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Jade Biggs|title=This TikTok of a woman squatting in the gym is dividing people|work={{w|Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan}}|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804062046/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/fitness-workouts/a38755980/tiktok-squatting-in-gym-dividing-people-male-gaze/|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:Hearst Communications|date=2022-01-14|issn=0010-9541|oclc=1770745|passage=As the ''is it gold is it blue?'' dress moment proved all too well, dividing opinion on social media is really not that hard. And, when it comes to GymTok, that couldn't be '''truer'''.}}
## {{senseid|en|admittedly}}{{n-g|As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence}}
##: {{ux|en|'''True''', I have only read part of the book, but I like it so far.}}
# Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
#: {{ux|en|a '''true''' copy; &nbsp; a '''true''' likeness of the original}}
#* {{RQ:Scott Ivanhoe|I|XI|229|passage={{...}}making his eye, foot, and hand keep '''true''' time{{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|logic}} Of the state in Boolean [[logic]] that indicates an [[affirmative]] or positive result.
#: {{ux|en|"A and B" is '''true''' if and only if "A" is '''true''' and "B" is '''true'''.}}
# [[loyal|Loyal]], [[faithful]].
#: {{ux|en|He’s turned out to be a '''true''' friend.}}
# {{senseid|en|genuine, legitimate, valid, sensu stricto}} [[genuine|Genuine]]; [[legitimate]]; [[valid]]; [[sensu stricto]].
#: {{ux|en|The '''true''' king has returned!}}
#: {{ux|en|This is '''true''' Parmesan cheese — it is from the Parma region.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:William Cornysh|chapter=In the Fleete Made by Me William Cornishe [...]|mainauthor=w:John Skelton|editor=[[w:John Stow|J[ohn] S[tow]]]|title=Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate|location=Imprinted at London: In [[w:Fleet Street|Fletestreate]], neare vnto [[w:St Dunstan-in-the-West|Saint Dunstones Churche]] by Thomas Marshe| year=1568| oclc=54747393| title2=Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate to King Henry the VIIIth| location2=London| publisher2=Printed for C. Davis in [[w:Paternoster Row|Pater-noster Row]]| year2=1736| page2=290| pageurl2=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ry8JAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA290| oclc2=731569711| passage=''The Harpe.'' {{...}} A harper with his [[wrest#Noun|wreſt]] maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunyng of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a '''true''' ſonge}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2012-01| author=w:Henry Petroski| volume=100| issue=1| page=16| magazine=w:American Scientist| title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/the-washington-monument The Washington Monument]| passage=The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a &ldquo;'''true''' obelisk,&rdquo; even though it is not. A '''true''' obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.}}
## {{lb|en|biology}} {{n-g|Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called {{m|en|false}}.}}
##: {{ux|en|true [[sparrow]]s ({{m|mul|Passer}})}}
##: {{ux|en|true [[spider]]s}}
##: {{ux|en|true [[blusher]] ({{taxlink|Amanita rubescens|species|wplink=Blusher}}, as distinguished from the [[false blusher]], {{taxfmt|Amanita pantherina|species}})}}
##: {{ux|en|The '''true''' bugs are those of the order Hemiptera; and, by some lights, most truly those of the suborder Heteroptera.}}
# {{lb|en|of an|[[aim]] or [[missile]] in [[archery]], [[shooting]], [[golf]]{{,}} etc.}} [[accurate|Accurate]]; following a path toward the [[target]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1801|author=Mrs. Cowley| title=The siege of Acre| journal=The British Critic| volume=17-18| page=521| passage=Whate'er the weapon, still his aim was '''true''', Nor e'er in vain the fatal bullet flew.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2008|author=w:Carl Hiaasen|title=The downhill lie: a hacker's return to a ruinous sport| page=188| passage=I held my breath and struck the ball. My aim was '''true''', but I didn't give the damn thing enough gas. It died three feet from the cup.}}
# {{lb|en|of a [[mechanical]] part}} Correctly [[aligned]] or [[calibrated]], without [[deviation]].
#: {{ux|en|Is my bike wheel '''true'''? It feels unsteady.}}
# {{lb|en|chiefly|probability}} [[fair|Fair]], [[unbiased]], not [[loaded]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1990|author=William W. S. Wei|title=Time Series Analysis|isbn=0201159112|page=8
|passage=Let <math>Z_t</math> be twice the value of a '''true''' die shown on the <math>t</math>-th toss.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Judith A. Baer; Leslie Friedman Goldstein|title=The Constitutional and Legal Rights of Women: Cases in Law and Social Change|isbn=9781933220222
|passage=In fact, few profit margins can be predicted with such reliability as those provided by a '''true''' roulette wheel or other game of chance.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2007-01-21|author=Jeff Z. Klein; Karl-Eric Reif|title=In the N.H.L., East Is East and West Is West|work=w:The New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/21/sports/hockey/21hockey.html
|passage=Finally, the '''truest''' measure of quality: In interconference games, Western teams have a 57-38 record against the East, including overtime and penalty shootout results — a winning percentage of .600.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012|author=Peter Sprent|title=Applied Nonparametric Statistical Methods|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9789400912236|page=5
|passage=We do not reject, because 9 heads and 3 tails is in a set of reasonably likely results when we toss a '''true''' coin.}}
# {{lb|en|of a [[literary]] [[genre]]}} based on [[actual]] [[historical]] [[event]]s.
#: {{ux|en|'''true''' crime}}{{ux|en|'''true''' romance}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1965|author=James Holledge| title=What Makes a Call Girl?| publisher=Horwitz Publications| location=London| page=69| passage=[A] skinny blonde of about twenty sitting in an armchair by an electric fire reading a '''true romance''' magazine.}}

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|of a statement|logic|loyal}} {{l|en|false}}; ''see also'' [[Thesaurus:untrue]]
* {{l|en|untrue}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|title=Terms derived from ''true'' (adjective)
|all rumors are true
|come true
|dream come true
|for real and for true
|hold true
|no true Scotsman fallacy
|one true brace style
|ring true
|[[show one's true colors]]/[[show one's true colours|colours]]/[[show one's true stripes|stripes]]
|the course of true love never did run smooth
|three true outcomes
|throw true
|too good to be true
|to thine own self be true
|tried and true
|true airspeed
|true anomaly
|[[true as I stand here]], {{nowrap|[[true as I'm standing here|…I'm standing here]]}}
|true bearing
|[[true believer]] → {{nowrap|[[true-believer syndrome|true-believer]]}}/[[true believer syndrome|t.&nbsp;b.&nbsp;syndrome]]
|true bill
|true blue,true-blue
|true-born
|true-bred
|true bug
|[[true color]], [[true colors|t. colors]]/[[true colours|colours]]
|true crime
|True Cross
|true daikon
|true dat
|true density
|true ending
|true-false
|true flycatcher
|true friend
|true frog|big if true|true rhyme
|true grit
|true-hearted
|true laurel
|true leaf
|true-life
|[[true love]] → [[true-love knot]]/{{nowrap|[[true-love-knot|t.-l.-knot]],}} [[true lover's knot]]
|true mahogany
|true muonium
|true name
|true neutral
|true north,True North
|[[true or false]]/[[true-or-false]]
|true-penny
|true rib
|true seal
|true sole
|true sparrow
|true strain
|true stress
|true stripes
|true that
|true thrush
|true time
|true toad
|true to form
|true to life
|true to one's colors
|true to oneself
|true to one's word
|true to seed
|true to type
|true up
|true vocal cord
|true weevil
|true yam
|true yeast
|twelve good men and true
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|truth}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|concurring with a given set of facts}}
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|аиаша}}
* Acehnese: {{t|ace|beuna}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|vërtetuar}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|እውነት}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|حَقّ}}, {{t+|ar|صَحِيح}}, {{t+|ar|صَادِق}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|حقيقي|tr=ḥaʔīʔi}}
* Aramaic:
*: Hebrew: {{t|arc|שרירא|tr=sharīrā, sharīro|m}}, {{t|arc|שרירתא|tr=sharīrtā, sharīrto|f}}
*: Syriac: {{t|arc|ܫܪܝܪܐ|tr=sharīrā, sharīro|m}}, {{t|arc|ܫܪܝܪܬܐ|tr=sharīrtā, sharīrto|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ճիշտ}}, {{t+|hy|իրական}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|আচল}}, {{t|as|সঁচা}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|verdaderu}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|doğru}}, {{t+|az|düzgün}}, {{t+|az|həqiqi}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ысын}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|egiazko}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ве́рны}}, {{t+|be|сапра́ўдны}}, {{t|be|праўдзі́вы}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|सांच}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|gwir}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ве́рен}}, {{t+|bg|и́стински}}, {{t+|bg|правди́в}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ဟုတ်|sc=Mymr}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|vertader}}, {{t+|ca|veritable}}
* Chamicuro: {{t|ccc|akachelo'ta}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎤᏙᎯᏳ|sc=Cher}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|真|tr=zhēn}}, {{t+|cmn|真實|tr=zhēnshí}}
* Chuukese: {{t|chk|ennet}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|gwir}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pravdivý|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|sand}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|echt}}, {{t+|nl|waar}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|vera}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|päris}}, {{t+|et|tõeline}}
* Fijian: {{t|fj|dina}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tosi}}, {{t|fi|[[tosi]]-}}, {{t+|fi|totuudenmukainen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vrai}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|vêr}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|verdadeiro}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ნამდვილი}}, {{t|ka|მართალი}}, {{t|ka|ჭეშმარიტი}}
* German: {{t+|de|wahr}}, {{t+|de|echt}}, {{t+|de|richtig}}, {{t+|de|zutreffend}}, {{t|de|stimmig}}, {{t+|de|wahrheitsgemäß}}, {{t+|de|wahrhaftig}}, {{t+|de|korrekt}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αληθινός}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀληθής}}, {{t|grc|ἀληθινός}}, {{t|grc|ὤν}}, {{t|grc|ἐτεός}}, {{t|grc|ἐτήτυμος}} {{qualifier|poetic}}, {{t|grc|ἔτυμος}} {{qualifier|poetic}}, {{t|grc|ὀρθός}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|vre}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נכון|tr=nakhón|sc=Hebr}}
* Higaonon: {{t|mba|bunal}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|ठीक|sc=Deva}}, {{t+|hi|सच|sc=Deva}}, {{t+|hi|सही|sc=Deva}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|igaz}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|sannur}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|benar}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|tosi}}
* Iranun: {{t|ill|benar}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|fíor}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|vero}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|真実|tr=しんじつの, shinjitsu-no|alt=真実の|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|本当|tr=ほんとうな, hontō-na|alt=本当な|sc=Jpan}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|tutu}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ពិត|tr=pɨt|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ពិតមែន|tr=pɨt mɛɛn|sc=Khmr}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|참되다}}, {{t+|ko|바르다}}, {{t+|ko|진실|alt=진실의}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|vērus}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|patiess}}
* Lombard: {{t+|lmo|ver}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|benar}}
* Maori: {{t+|mi|pono}}
* Maranao: {{t|mrw|benar}}, {{t|mrw|betol}}, {{t|mrw|totoo}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|үнэн}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|vertadièr}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ଠିକ}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|sōþ}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|كرچك|tr=gerçek}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|صحیح|tr=sahih}}, {{t+|fa|درست|tr=dorost}}
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|ver}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|prawdziwy}}, {{t+|pl|istny|m}} {{qualifier|sometimes}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|verdadeiro}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|chiqa}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|adevărat}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ве́рный}}, {{t+|ru|и́стинный}}, {{t+|ru|правди́вый}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|beru}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|fìor}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|istinit}}, {{t+|sh|pravi}}, {{t+|sh|istinito}}, {{t+|sh|pravo}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|veru}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|resničen}}
* Southern Ohlone: {{t|css|amane}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cierto}}, {{t+|es|verdadero}}, {{t+|es|verídico}}, {{t|es|verífico}}, {{t+|es|vero}} {{qualifier|disused}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sann}}
* Sylheti: {{t|syl|ꠢꠣꠌꠣ}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|totoo}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|உண்மையான}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|loos}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|จริง}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|བདེན་པ}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|empreṃ}}, {{t|txb|trik-}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|tru}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|gerçek}}
* Tày: {{t|tyz|cà rình}}, {{t|tyz|ca rại}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ві́рний}}, {{t|uk|і́стинний}}, {{t+|uk|правди́вий}}
* Urdu: {{t+|ur|ٹھیک|tr=ṭhīk|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سچ|tr=sac|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|صحیح|tr=sahīh|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Venetan: {{t+|vec|vero}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|thật}}, {{t+|vi|phải}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|veratik}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|vraiy}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|gwir}}
* White Hmong: {{t|mww|tseeb}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|אמת|tr=emes}}, {{t|yi|אמתדיק|tr=emesdik}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|raştıkên}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|իրական}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|vertader}}, {{t+|ca|cert}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|真|tr=zhēn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pravdivý}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|waar}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tosi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vrai}}
* German: {{t+|de|wahr}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αληθής}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|חיובי|tr=hiyúvi|sc=Hebr}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|igaz}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|fíor}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|真|tr=しん, shin|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|참}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|vērus}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|sann}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|درست|tr=dorost}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|prawdziwy}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|verdadeiro}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|adevărat|m|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|и́стина|f}}, {{t+|ru|ве́рный}}, {{t+|ru|и́стинный}}, {{t+|ru|правди́вый}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|istinito}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|resnično|n}}, {{t+|sl|resnica|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|verdadero}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sann}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|จริง}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|བདེན་པ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|doğru}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|veratik}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|loyal, faithful}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|حَقٌّ}}
* Aramaic:
*: Hebrew: {{t|arc|שרירא|tr=sharīrā, sharīro|m}}, {{t|arc|שרירתא|tr=sharīrtā, sharīrto|f}}
*: Syriac: {{t|arc|ܫܪܝܪܐ|tr=sharīrā, sharīro|m}}, {{t|arc|ܫܪܝܪܬܐ|tr=sharīrtā, sharīrto|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հավատարիմ}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|тоғро}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|верен}}, {{t+|bg|предан}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|vertader}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|忠誠|tr=zhōngchéng}}, {{t+|cmn|忠貞|tr=zhōngzhēn}}, {{t+|cmn|忠實|tr=zhōngshí}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|trouw}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[tosi]]-}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vrai}}, {{t+|fr|véritable}}
* German: {{t+|de|wahr}}, {{t+|de|treu}}, {{t+|de|echt}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αληθινός}}, {{t+|el|πιστός}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|πιστός}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נאמן|tr=ne’eman}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|igaz}}, {{t+|hu|hű}}, {{t+|hu|hűséges}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|忠実|tr=ちゅうじつな, chūjitsu-na|alt=忠実な|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|忠誠|tr=ちゅうせいな, chūsei-na|alt=忠誠な|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|참되다}}, {{t+|ko|바르다}}
* Latin: {{t|la|firmus}}, {{t+|la|verus}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|a kweli|alt=-a kweli}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|tro}}, {{t+|no|trofast}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ġetrīewe}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|dhugaa}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|verdadeiro}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|loial|m|n}}, {{t+|ro|fidel|m|n}}, {{t+|ro|sincer|m|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ве́рный}}, {{t+|ru|пре́данный}}, {{t+|ru|лоя́льный}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|dìleas}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|veran}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|verdadero}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|trogen}}, {{t+|sv|sann}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|விசுவாசமான}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|విశ్వాస పాత్రుడు|sc=Telu}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|དྲང་པོ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|sadık}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ві́рний}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|ritöfik}}
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{{trans-top|genuine, legitimate}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|حَقِيقِيّ}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|իսկական}}, {{t+|hy|իրական}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|əsl}}, {{t+|az|həqiqi}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ысын}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|истински}}, {{t+|bg|действителен}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|genuí}}, {{t+|ca|autèntic}}, {{t+|ca|propi}}, {{t+|ca|legítim}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|真正|tr=zhēnzhèng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pravý|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|echt}}, {{t+|nl|waar}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|oikea}}, {{t+|fi|aito}}, {{t+|fi|todellinen}}, {{t+|fi|laillinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vrai}}, {{t+|fr|véritable}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|verdadeiro}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ნამდვილი}}
* German: {{t+|de|echt}}, {{t+|de|wahr}}, {{t+|de|eigentlich}}, {{t+|de|tatsächlich}}, {{t+|de|effektiv}}, {{t+|de|legitim}}, {{t+|de|rechtmäßig}}, {{t+|de|wahrhaftig}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αληθινός}}, {{t+|el|αυθεντικός|m}}, {{t+|el|νόμιμος|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|igazi}}, {{t+|hu|valódi}}, {{t+|hu|eredeti}}, {{t+|hu|hiteles}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|fíor}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|本物|tr=ほんものの, honmono-no|alt=本物の|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|正統|tr=せいとうな, seitō-na|alt=正統な|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|참되다}}, {{t+|ko|바르다}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|verus}}, {{t+|la|legitimus}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|īsts}}, {{t|lv|īstens}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|ekte}}, {{t+|no|sann}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|sōþ}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|كرچك|tr=gerçek}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|راستین|tr=râstin}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|prawdziwy}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|verdadeiro}}, {{t+|pt|autêntico}}, {{t+|pt|legítimo}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|adevărat|m|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|настоя́щий}}, {{t+|ru|по́длинный}}, {{t+|ru|и́стинный}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|जेन्य}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|fìor}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|iskren}}, {{t+|sh|istinski}}, {{t+|sh|istinito}}, {{t+|sh|zakonito}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|auténtico}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|äkta}}, {{t+|sv|sann}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|tunay}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|నిష్కపటం|sc=Telu}}, {{t+|te|హక్కుదారుడు|sc=Telu}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཁྲིམས་མཐུན}}, {{t|bo|ལུགས་མཐུན}}, {{t|bo|ལུགས་མཐུན་དྲང་བདེན་གྱི}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|tru}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|gerçek}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|đích thực}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|legik}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|gwir}}
* White Hmong: {{t|mww|tseeb}}
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* Arabic: {{t+check|ar|صَحِيح}}
* Cebuano: {{t-check|ceb|matuod}}
* Esperanto: {{t+check|eo|vera}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|vera}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|vero}}
* Mandarin: {{t+check|cmn|真实}} (zhēnshí), {{t+check|cmn|真的}} (zhēnde), {{t+check|cmn|正确}} (zhèngquè)
* Romani: {{t-check|rom|tatcho}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|adevărat}}
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===Adverb===
{{en-adv|-}}

# {{lb|en|of shooting, throwing etc}} [[accurately|Accurately]].
#: {{ux|en|This gun shoots '''true'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2013|month=May-June|author=[http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-van-tassel David Van Tassel]; [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan]| title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/3/wild-plants-to-the-rescue Wild Plants to the Rescue]| volume=101| issue=3| magazine=w:American Scientist| passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.{{...}}The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed '''true'''. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.}}
# {{lb|en|archaic}} [[truthfully|Truthfully]].
#* {{RQ:Marlowe Tamburlaine|part=1|scene=ii|page=30|passage=I tel you '''true''' my hart is ſwolne with wrath,<br>On this ſame theeuish villain ''Tamburlain''.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|accurately}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|vëtetë}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|точно}}, {{t+|bg|вярно}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|přesně}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tarkasti}}, {{t+|fi|tarkkaan}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მართლად}}
* German: {{t+|de|genau}}, {{t+|de|reinrassig}}, {{t+|de|akkurat}}, {{t+|de|reinerbig}}, {{t|de|klangtreu}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szabályosan}}, {{t+|hu|pontosan}}, {{t+|hu|helyesen}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|正確|tr=せいかくに, seikaku ni|alt=正確に|sc=Jpan}}
* White Hmong: {{t|mww|tseeb}}
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===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The state of being in [[alignment]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1904|author=Lester Gray French|title=Machinery|volume=10
|passage=Some toolmakers are very careless when drilling the first hole through work that is to be bored, claiming that if the drilled hole comes out of '''true''' somewhat it can be brought true with the boring tool.}}
#* {{RQ:Fitzgerald Jazz Age|passage=She clapped her hands happily, and he thought how pretty she was really, that is, the upper part of her face—from the bridge of the nose down she was somewhat out of '''true'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1988|author=w:Lois McMaster Bujold|title=w:Falling Free|publisher=Baen Publishing,|isbn=0-671-65398-9|page=96
|passage=The crate shifted on its pallet, out of sync now. As the lift withdrew, the crate skidded with it, dragged by friction and gravity, skewing farther and farther from '''true'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1994|author=Bruce Palmer|title=How to Restore Your Harley-Davidson|passage=The strength and number of blows depends on how far out of '''true''' the shafts are.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|obsolete}} [[truth|Truth]].
# {{lb|en|countable|obsolete}} A [[pledge]] or [[truce]].

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|in true}}
* {{l|en|out of true}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|state of being in alignment}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ausrichtung|f}}, {{t+|de|Zentrierung|f}}, {{t+|de|Justierung|f}}, {{t+|de|Justage|f}}
* Italian: {{t-check|it|centratura|f}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|참}}
* Telugu: {{t-check|te|సరియైన భాగము}}
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===Verb===
{{en-verb|trues|trueing|pres_ptc2=truing|trued}}

# To [[straighten]] (of something that is supposed to be straight).
#: {{ux|en|He '''trued''' the spokes of the bicycle wheel.}}
# To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, [[align]]; [[adjust]].
#: {{ux|en|We spent all night '''truing''' up the report.}}

====Usage notes====
* Often followed by ''[[up]]''.

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|true-up}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|straighten}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|vëtetoj}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изправям}}, {{t+|bg|оправям}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|rechttrekken}}, {{t+|nl|rechtzetten}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|suoristaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|zentrieren}}, {{t+|de|ausrichten}}, {{t+|de|justieren}}, {{t+|de|berichtigen}}, {{t+|de|begradigen}}, {{t+|de|glätten}}, {{t+|de|ebnen}}, {{t+|de|einebnen}}, {{t+|de|korrigieren}}, {{t+|de|einstellen}}, {{t+|de|zurichten}}, {{t+|de|richten}}
* Greek: {{t|el|αληθεύει}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|centríroz}}, {{t|hu|centíroz}}
* Japanese: {{l|ja|正しい|正しく}}{{l|ja|調整|調整する|tr=tadashiku chōsei suru}}, {{l|ja|正確|正確に}}{{l|ja|形作る|tr=seikaku ni katachizukuru}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|endireitar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|räta}}, {{t+|sv|rikta}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|సరిచేయు}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཚད་མཉམ་བཟོ}}, {{t|bo|དྲང་པོ་བཟོ}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ertu|-uret|Treu|rute}}

==Danish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|da|non|þrúga}}, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*þrūgōną}}, cognate with {{cog|sv|truga}}. The verb is related to {{cog|da|trykke}} and {{cog|de|drücken||to press}} (= {{m|gem-pro|*þrukkijaną}}), but apparently not to {{cog|de|drohen||threaten}} (= {{m|gem-pro|*þraujaną}}) or {{cog|en|threaten}} (= {{m|gem-pro|*þrautōną}}).

===Pronunciation===
{{IPA|da|/truːə/|[ˈtˢʁ̥uːu]|[ˈtˢʁ̥oːo]}}

===Verb===
{{head|da|verb|past tense|truede|past participle|truet}}

# to [[threaten]]

====Conjugation====
{{da-conj|tru||er|ede|h|et}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:DDO}}
* {{R:ODS online}}

==Middle English==

===Adjective===
{{head|enm|adjective}}

# {{alt form|enm|trewe}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nb|non|þrúga}}.

===Verb===
{{head|nb|verb|imperative|tru|present tense|truer|passive|trues|simple past and past participle|trua|or|truet}}

# to [[threaten]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nb|truende}}
* {{l|nb|utrydningstruet}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nb|trussel}}

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|nn|trua|truge}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nn|non|þrúga}}.

===Verb===
{{nn-verb-1}}

# to [[threaten]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|nn|trussel}}

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}