rural

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Etymology [edit]

From Old French rural < Latin rūrālis (rural), from rūs (countryside) + -ālis.

Adjective [edit]

rural (comparative more rural, superlative most rural)

  1. pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas.
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
      Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin rūrālis (rural), from rūs (countryside) + -ālis.

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Adjective [edit]

rural m (feminine rurale, masculine plural ruraux, feminine plural rurales)

  1. Rural

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Old French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin rūrālis (rural), from rūs (countryside) + -ālis.

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rural m

  1. rural

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Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin rūrālis (rural), from rūs (countryside) + -ālis.

Adjective [edit]

rural m and f (plural rurais; comparable)

  1. rural

Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin rūrālis (rural), from rūs (countryside) + -ālis.

Adjective [edit]

rural m and f (plural rurales)

  1. rural