"surreal" meaning in English

See surreal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /səˈɹiː(.ə)l/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-surreal.wav Forms: more surreal [comparative], most surreal [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: Back-formation from surrealism, equivalent to sur- + real. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|surrealism}} Back-formation from surrealism, {{pre|en|sur|real}} sur- + real Head templates: {{en-adj}} surreal (comparative more surreal, superlative most surreal)
  1. Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous Derived forms: surrealism, surrealist, surreality, surreally, surreal number Related terms: real Translations (fantastic and incongruous): сюрреалистичен (sjurrealističen) (Bulgarian), surrealista (Catalan), 玄妙 (xuánmiào) (note: of mood) (Chinese Mandarin), 超現實的 /超现实的 (chāoxiànshí de) (note: of genre) (Chinese Mandarin), surreëel (Dutch), bovenwerkelijk (Dutch), epätodellinen (Finnish), surréel (French), surrealista (Galician), surreal (German), σουρεαλιστικός (sourealistikós) (Greek), υπερρεαλιστικός (yperrealistikós) (Greek), הזוי (Hebrew), シュール (shūru) (Japanese), 超現実的 (chōgenjitsuteki) (alt: ちょうげんじつてき) (Japanese), сюрреалистік (sürrealistık) (Kazakh), surrealistyczny (Polish), surreal (Portuguese), suprareal (Romanian), сюрреалистичный (sjurrealističnyj) (Russian), os-fhìreach (Scottish Gaelic), surrealista (Spanish), overklig (Swedish), drömsk (Swedish), kubtunay (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-surreal-en-adj-GJyFBnG4 Categories (other): English terms with collocations

Noun

IPA: /səˈɹiː(.ə)l/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-surreal.wav Forms: surreals [plural]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: Back-formation from surrealism, equivalent to sur- + real. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|surrealism}} Back-formation from surrealism, {{pre|en|sur|real}} sur- + real Head templates: {{en-noun}} surreal (plural surreals)
  1. (mathematics) surreal number Categories (topical): Mathematics
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
      "word": "epätodellinen"
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      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
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      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
      "word": "surreal"
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      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
      "word": "הזוי"
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      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
      "word": "シュール"
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      "alt": "ちょうげんじつてき",
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      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
      "word": "超現実的"
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      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
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      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
      "word": "surrealistyczny"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
      "word": "surreal"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
      "word": "suprareal"
    },
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      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
      "word": "сюрреалистичный"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
      "word": "os-fhìreach"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "surrealista"
    },
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      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
      "word": "drömsk"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "fantastic and incongruous",
      "word": "kubtunay"
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