different between mural vs intramural

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mj???l/, /?mj??l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mj????l/

Noun

mural (plural murals)

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

Translations

Adjective

mural (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.
2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.

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.

Anagrams

• larum, rumal

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin muralis; first attested 1839.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /mu??al/

Adjective

mural (masculine and feminine plural murals)

1. mural

Noun

mural m (plural murals)

1. mural

References

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

From Old French mural, borrowed from Latin muralis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.?al/

Adjective

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

1. mural

Related terms

• mur
• muraille

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• murail

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin muralis.

Noun

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

Descendants

• French: mural

Polish

Etymology

From English mural, from French mural, from Old French mural, from Latin m?r?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mu.ral/

Noun

mural m inan

1. mural (painting on wall)

Declension

Further reading

• mural in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• mural in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mural m (plural murais)

1. mural

Related terms

• muralha
• muro

Spanish

Etymology

muro +? -al, or from Latin muralis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu??al/, [mu??al]

Adjective

mural (plural murales)

1. mural

Noun

mural m (plural murales)

1. mural

Related terms

• antemural
• muralla
• muro

Further reading

• “mural” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin intramuralis, from intra (“within”) + muralis (“of a wall”)

Adjective

intramural (comparative more intramural, superlative most intramural)

1. Within the walls; within one institution, particularly a school.

   Intramural sports involve teams that are all within the same school.

2. Within the substance of the walls of an organ.

   intramural pregnancy

Antonyms

• (inside the walls): extramural

Related terms

• immure
• intra-
• mural

Translations

Noun

intramural (plural intramurals)

1. A (usually sports) competition between teams belonging to the same school.

See also

• interscholastic
• varsity

Spanish

Adjective

intramural (plural intramurales)

1. intramural