rural

English

Etymology

From Old French rural, from Latin rūrālis (rural), from rūs (countryside) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rural (comparative more rural, superlative most rural)

  1. Relating to the countryside or to agriculture; not urban.
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
      Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins .

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Noun

rural (plural rurals)

  1. (obsolete) A person from the countryside; a rustic.

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Catalan

Adjective

rural (masculine and feminine plural rurals)

  1. rural

French

Etymology

From Old French rural, a borrowing from Latin rūrālis (rural), from rūs (countryside) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁy.ʁal/
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Adjective

rural (feminine singular rurale, masculine plural ruraux, feminine plural rurales)

  1. rural
    Synonym: champêtre
    Antonym: urbain

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁuˈʁaːl/
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  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

rural (comparative ruraler, superlative am ruralsten)

  1. (dated, learned) rural

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ruralis.

Adjective

rural (neuter singular ruralt, definite singular and plural rurale)

  1. rural

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ruralis

Adjective

rural (neuter singular ruralt, definite singular and plural rurale)

  1. rural

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin rūrālis (rural), from rūs (countryside) + -ālis.

Adjective

rural m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rurale)

  1. rural

Descendants


Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rūrālis (rural), from rūs (countryside) + -ālis.

Adjective

rural m or f (plural rurais, comparable)

  1. rural

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rūrālis (rural), from rūs (countryside) + -ālis.

Adjective

rural (plural rurales)

  1. rural
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