mural

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (US):

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

Noun

mural (plural murals)

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

Translations

painting on wall

• Afrikaans: muurskildery, muurskildering
• Armenian: որմնանկար (hy) (ormnankar)
• Bulgarian: стенопис (bg) m (stenopis)
• Catalan: mural (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壁畫／壁画 (zh) (bìhuà)

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

  Bokmål: veggmaleri n

  Nynorsk: veggmåleri n

• Polish: mural (pl) m
• 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

   • 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: 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, [...]

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^[1]:

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

Anagrams

• larum, rumal

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin murālis. First attested in 1839.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mural m or f (masculine and feminine plural murals)

1. mural

Noun

mural m (plural murals)

1. mural

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mural, borrowed from Latin murālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ʁal/

• Audio (France):

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• Audio:

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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.

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

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ral/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ural
• Syllabification: mu‧ral

Noun

mural m inan

1. mural (painting on wall)

Declension

Declension of mural

	singular	plural
nominative	mural	murale
genitive	muralu	murali/muralów
dative	muralowi	muralom
accusative	mural	murale
instrumental	muralem	muralami
locative	muralu	muralach
vocative	muralu	murale

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈɾaw/ [muˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈɾal/ [muˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈɾal/ [muˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈɾa.li/

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

Noun

mural m (plural murais)

1. mural

Related terms

• muralha
• muro

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mural or Latin muralis.

Adjective

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

1. mural

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	mural		murală		murali	murale
	definite	muralul		murala		muralii	muralele
genitive- dative	indefinite	mural		murale		murali	murale
	definite	muralului		muralei		muralilor	muralelor

Spanish

Etymology

From muro +‎ -al, or from Latin murālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mural m or f (masculine and feminine plural murales)

1. mural

Noun

mural m (plural murales)

1. mural

Related terms

• antemural
• muralismo
• muralista
• muralla
• muro

 

Further reading

• “mural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28