different between frescos vs mural

English

Noun

frescos

1. plural of fresco

Catalan

Adjective

frescos

1. masculine plural of fresc

Portuguese

Adjective

frescos

1. masculine plural of fresco

Spanish

Adjective

frescos

1. masculine plural of fresco

Noun

frescos m pl

1. plural of fresco

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.