1 : not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"
2 : often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine"
3 : rightly so called; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true friend"
adjectif
1 : no less than what is stated; worthy of the name
