mural

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mural, from Latin muralis, from murus (“wall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjʊɹəl/, /ˈmjɝəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmjʊəɹəl/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

mural (plural murals)

1. A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.

Translations

painting on wall

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壁畫／壁画 (zh) (bìhuà), 壁画 (zh) (bìhuà)

• Danish: vægmaleri n
• Dutch: muurschildering (nl) f
• Finnish: seinämaalaus (fi), muraali (fi), muraalimaalaus
• French: peinture murale
• German: Wandgemälde (de) n
• Greek: τοιχογραφία (el) f (toichografía)
• Hungarian: falfestmény (hu)
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• Icelandic: veggskreyting f
• Ido: muralo
• Italian: murales (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: veggmaleri n

  Nynorsk: veggmåleri n

• Russian: стенна́я ро́спись f (stennája róspisʹ)
• Spanish: mural (es)

Adjective

mural (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.

   a mural quadrant

   • (Can we date this quote by Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Disburden'd Heav'n rejoiced, and soon repair'd / Her mural breach […]

   • (Can we date this quote by Evelyn and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     In the nectarine and the like delicate mural fruit, the later your pruning, the better.

2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.

   a mural precipice

Derived terms

• mural circle
• mural crown

Verb

mural (third-person singular simple present murals, present participle (UK) muralling or (US) muraling, simple past and past participle (UK) muralled or (US) muraled)

1. 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

     Its walls were devoutly muraled by artists from the John Reed Club, a Communist-controlled cultural organization.

Anagrams

• larum, rumal

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin muralis; first attested 1839.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [muˈɾal]

Adjective

mural m or f (masculine and feminine plural murals)

1. mural

Noun

mural m (plural murals)

1. mural

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French

Etymology

From Old French mural, borrowed from Latin muralis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ʁal/

• Audio (FR):

  (file)

Adjective

mural (feminine murale, masculine plural muraux, feminine plural murales)

1. mural

Related terms

• mur
• muraille

Further reading

• “mural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• murail

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin muralis.

Noun

mural oblique singular, m (oblique plural muraus or murax or murals, nominative singular muraus or murax or murals, nominative plural mural)

1. wall; especially a large one

Descendants

• French: mural

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Spanish

Etymology

muro +‎ -al, or from Latin muralis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾal/ [muˈɾal]

Adjective

mural m or f (masculine and feminine plural murales)

1. mural

Noun

mural m (plural murales)

1. mural

Related terms

• antemural
• muralla
• muro

Further reading

• “mural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014