mural

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

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

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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

   • Milton

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

   • Evelyn

     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

• 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

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

• larum, rumal

Borrowed from Latin muralis; first attested 1839[1].

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /muˈɾal/

mural (masculine and feminine plural murals)

1. mural

mural m (plural murals)

1. mural

From Old French mural, borrowed from Latin muralis.

• IPA^(key): /my.ʁal/

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

1. mural

• mur
• muraille

• “mural” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• murail

Borrowed from Latin muralis.

mural 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

muro +‎ -al, or from Latin muralis.

mural (plural murales)

1. mural

mural m (plural murales)

1. mural

• muralla
• muro