Borrowed from French mural, from Latin muralis, from murus (“wall”).
Meanings
(not-comparable) Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.
a mural quadrant
[Y]et in the Nectarine and like delicate Mural-fruit, the later your Pruning, the better, [...] 1669, John Evelyn, “Kalendarium Hortense: OrThe 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:
Disburd’nd Heav’n rejoic’d, and soon repaird / Her mural breach, returning whence it rowld. 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:
(not-comparable) Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.
a mural precipice
Soon the swift horses drew this fair god and goddess nigh the wooded hills, whose distant blue, now changed into a variously-shaded green, stood before them like old Babylonian walls, overgrown with verdure; while here and there, at regular intervals, the scattered peaks seemed mural towers; […] 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
Borrowed from French mural, from Latin muralis, from murus (“wall”).
Meanings
A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.
"There was an underpass beside the station which was a difficult area for anti-social behaviour. Again, we got artists involved, and schools and the community to put murals in it, and now the community feels like it's theirs. For a small urban station, it has a really nice modern feel about it." 2026 March 18, Chris Conway talks to Andy Comfort, “The RAIL Interview”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 34:
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it murales (painting on wall) · af muurskildery (painting on wall) · nn veggmåleri (painting on wall) · el τοιχογραφία (painting on wall) · fi muraalimaalaus (painting on wall) · ja 壁画 (painting on wall) · nb veggmaleri (painting on wall) · es mural (painting on wall) · hy որմնանկար (painting on wall) · ru стенна́я ро́спись (painting on wall) · fi seinämaalaus (painting on wall) · cmn 壁畫 /壁画 (painting on wall) · is veggskreyting (painting on wall) · nl muurschildering (painting on wall) · de Mural (painting on wall) · de Wandgemälde (painting on wall) · af muurskildering (painting on wall) · fi muraali (painting on wall) · hu falfestmény (painting on wall) · da vægmaleri (painting on wall) · bg стенопис (painting on wall) · pl mural (painting on wall) · io muralo (painting on wall) · ca mural (painting on wall) · eo murpentraĵo (painting on wall) · fr peinture murale (painting on wall)