adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a mural quadrant
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mural
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈmjʊɹəl/
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General-American: /ˈmjɝəl/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmjʊəɹəl/
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Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈmjʉːɹəl/
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Ireland: /ˈmjuːɹəl/
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rhymes with -ʊəɹəl
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CMU ARPABET: M Y UH1 R AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a mural precipice
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To create a mural.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to walls
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- mural painting
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a painting that is applied to a wall surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wall painting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: painting, picture
Narrower terms: fresco
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French mural, from Latin muralis, from murus (“wall”).
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: muurskildery — painting on wall
- Afrikaans: muurskildering — painting on wall
- Armenian: որմնանկար (ormnankar) — painting on wall
- Bulgarian: стенопис (stenopis) — painting on wall
- Catalan: mural — painting on wall
- Chinese Mandarin: 壁畫 /壁画 (bìhuà) — painting on wall
- Danish: vægmaleri — painting on wall
- Dutch: muurschildering — painting on wall
- Esperanto: murpentraĵo — painting on wall
- Finnish: seinämaalaus — painting on wall
- Finnish: muraali — painting on wall
- Finnish: muraalimaalaus — painting on wall
- French: peinture murale — painting on wall
- German: Wandgemälde — painting on wall
- German: Mural — painting on wall
- Greek: τοιχογραφία (toichografía) — painting on wall
- Hungarian: falfestmény — painting on wall
- Icelandic: veggskreyting — painting on wall
- Ido: muralo — painting on wall
- Italian: murales — painting on wall
- Japanese: 壁画 (hekiga) — painting on wall
- Norwegian Bokmål: veggmaleri — painting on wall
- Norwegian Nynorsk: veggmåleri — painting on wall
- Polish: mural — painting on wall
- Russian: стенна́я ро́спись (stennája róspisʹ) — painting on wall
- Spanish: mural — painting on wall
Real reading context