mural

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmjʊɹəl/, /ˈmjɝəl/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmjʊəɹəl/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈmjʉːɹəl/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl

mural (plural murals)

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

mural (not comparable)

1. 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], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →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: OrThe 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, [...]

2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.

   a mural precipice

   • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:

     Soon the swift horses drew this fair god and goddess nigh the wooded hills, whose distant blue, now changed into a variously-shaded green, stood before them like old Babylonian walls, overgrown with verdure; while here and there, at regular intervals, the scattered peaks seemed mural towers; […]

• mural circle
• mural crown

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^[1]:

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

• larum, rumal

Borrowed from Latin murālis. First attested in 1839.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [muˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: mu‧ral

mural m or f (masculine and feminine plural murals)

1. mural

mural m (plural murals)

1. mural

• “mural”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “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.

Inherited from Old French mural, borrowed from Latin murālis.

• IPA^(key): /my.ʁal/

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

1. mural

• mur
• muraille

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

• murail

Borrowed from Latin muralis.

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

• French: mural

Borrowed from English mural, from French mural, from Old French mural, from Latin mūrālis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ral/

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• Rhymes: -ural
• Syllabification: mu‧ral

mural m inan

1. mural (painting on wall)

• mural in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mural in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Homophone: moral (Portugal)
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: mu‧ral

mural m (plural murais)

1. mural

• muralha
• muro

Borrowed from French mural or Latin muralis.

mural m or n (feminine singular murală, masculine plural murali, feminine and neuter plural murale)

1. mural

From muro +‎ -al, or from Latin murālis.

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾal/ [muˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mu‧ral

mural m or f (masculine and feminine plural murales)

1. mural

mural m (plural murales)

1. mural

• “mural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024