mural
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French mural, from Latin muralis, from murus (“wall”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmjʊɹəl/, /ˈmjɝəl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmjʊəɹəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl
Noun edit
mural (plural murals)
- A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.
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Adjective edit
mural (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.
- a mural quadrant
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 878–879:
- Disburd’nd Heav’n rejoic’d, and soon repaird / Her mural breach, returning whence it rowld.
- 1669, John Evelyn, “Kalendarium Hortense: Or The Gard’ners Almanac; […] [February.].”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], 3rd edition, London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, →OCLC, page 10:
- [Y]et in the Nectarine and like delicate Mural-fruit, the later your Pruning, the better, [...]
- Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.
- a mural precipice
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
mural (third-person singular simple present murals, present participle (UK) muralling or (US) muraling, simple past and past participle (UK) muralled or (US) muraled)
- To create a mural.
- 1987, Cahners Publishing Company, Restaurants & Institutions, Volume 97, Issues 5-7
- Today savvy operators and designers are stenciling, streaking, stippling, spattering, sponging, mirroring, muraling and marbleizing their way to wonderful walls.
- 2014, Whittaker Chambers, Witness[1]:
- Its walls were devoutly muraled by artists from the John Reed Club, a Communist-controlled cultural organization.
- 1987, Cahners Publishing Company, Restaurants & Institutions, Volume 97, Issues 5-7
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin murālis. First attested in 1839.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mural m or f (masculine and feminine plural murals)
Noun edit
mural m (plural murals)
References edit
- ^ “mural”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading edit
- “mural” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mural” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mural” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French mural, borrowed from Latin murālis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mural (feminine murale, masculine plural muraux, feminine plural murales)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mural oblique singular, m (oblique plural muraus or murax or murals, nominative singular muraus or murax or murals, nominative plural mural)
- wall; especially a large one
Descendants edit
- French: mural
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English mural, from French mural, from Old French mural, from Latin mūrālis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mural m inan
- mural (painting on wall)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mural m (plural murais)
Related terms edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French mural or Latin muralis.
Adjective edit
mural m or n (feminine singular murală, masculine plural murali, feminine and neuter plural murale)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From muro + -al, or from Latin murālis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mural m or f (masculine and feminine plural murales)
Noun edit
mural m (plural murales)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014