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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{der|en|frm|realité||property, possession}}. {{doublet|en|reality}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɹiəlti/|a=GA}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɹɪəlti/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-realty.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|iəlti|q1=General American|s=2}}

====Usage notes====
* Pronunciation {{IPAchar|/ˈɹiləti/}} is usually considered incorrect.

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# [[real estate|Real estate]]; a piece of [[real property]]; [[land]].
# {{lb|en|legal}} The property that goes to the [[heir]]s of the [[deceased]], as distinguished from the [[personalty]], which goes to the [[executor]] or [[administrator]] of the [[estate]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[reality|Reality]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[loyalty|Loyalty]]; [[faithfulness]]; [[fealty]].
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=6|passage=O heaven! That such resemblance of the highest <br>Should yet remain, where faith and '''realty''' <br>Remain not|year=1873}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[royalty|Royalty]].<!--Chambers 1908-->

====Antonyms====
* {{l|en|personalty}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|realtor}}
* {{l|en|realty agent}}

====Translations====
{{trans-see|real estate, piece of real property|real estate}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aelrty|Ratley|Tayler|elytra|lyrate|raylet|telary}}