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mural

/mˈjʊɹəl/MYUU-ruhl
/mˈjʊɹəl/MYUU-ruhl

Meaningof a wall

Common meaning: a painting on a wall

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MU‘bind, close, shut up, enclose’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 275, p. 740 · scan
  2. Latinmūrus, -ī‘a wall’
  3. Frenchmurai
  4. Englishmural‘a painting on a wall’ · today

mur also in: immure

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin mūrus ‘a wall’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mūrus, p. 1178 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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