rural

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English

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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.
    Antonyms: urban, suburban
    • 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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Asturian

Adjective

rural (epicene, plural rurales)

  1. rural

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūrālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rural m or f (masculine and feminine plural rurals)

  1. rural
    Antonym: urbà

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. rural
    Synonym: champêtre
    Antonym: urbain

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin rūrālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruˈɾal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ral

Adjective

rural m or f (plural rurais)

  1. rural
    Antonym: urbano

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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

rural (strong nominative masculine singular ruraler, comparative ruraler, superlative am ruralsten)

  1. (dated, learned) rural
    Synonym: ländlich

Declension

Positive forms of rural
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist rural sie ist rural es ist rural sie sind rural
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative ruraler rurale rurales rurale
genitive ruralen ruraler ruralen ruraler
dative ruralem ruraler ruralem ruralen
accusative ruralen rurale rurales rurale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der rurale die rurale das rurale die ruralen
genitive des ruralen der ruralen des ruralen der ruralen
dative dem ruralen der ruralen dem ruralen den ruralen
accusative den ruralen die rurale das rurale die ruralen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein ruraler eine rurale ein rurales (keine) ruralen
genitive eines ruralen einer ruralen eines ruralen (keiner) ruralen
dative einem ruralen einer ruralen einem ruralen (keinen) ruralen
accusative einen ruralen eine rurale ein rurales (keine) ruralen
Comparative forms of rural
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist ruraler sie ist ruraler es ist ruraler sie sind ruraler
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative ruralerer ruralere ruraleres ruralere
genitive ruraleren ruralerer ruraleren ruralerer
dative ruralerem ruralerer ruralerem ruraleren
accusative ruraleren ruralere ruraleres ruralere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der ruralere die ruralere das ruralere die ruraleren
genitive des ruraleren der ruraleren des ruraleren der ruraleren
dative dem ruraleren der ruraleren dem ruraleren den ruraleren
accusative den ruraleren die ruralere das ruralere die ruraleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein ruralerer eine ruralere ein ruraleres (keine) ruraleren
genitive eines ruraleren einer ruraleren eines ruraleren (keiner) ruraleren
dative einem ruraleren einer ruraleren einem ruraleren (keinen) ruraleren
accusative einen ruraleren eine ruralere ein ruraleres (keine) ruraleren
Superlative forms of rural
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am ruralsten sie ist am ruralsten es ist am ruralsten sie sind am ruralsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative ruralster ruralste ruralstes ruralste
genitive ruralsten ruralster ruralsten ruralster
dative ruralstem ruralster ruralstem ruralsten
accusative ruralsten ruralste ruralstes ruralste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der ruralste die ruralste das ruralste die ruralsten
genitive des ruralsten der ruralsten des ruralsten der ruralsten
dative dem ruralsten der ruralsten dem ruralsten den ruralsten
accusative den ruralsten die ruralste das ruralste die ruralsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein ruralster eine ruralste ein ruralstes (keine) ruralsten
genitive eines ruralsten einer ruralsten eines ruralsten (keiner) ruralsten
dative einem ruralsten einer ruralsten einem ruralsten (keinen) ruralsten
accusative einen ruralsten eine ruralste ein ruralstes (keine) ruralsten

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

  • → English: rural
  • French: rural

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Adjective

rural

  1. rural

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ral

Adjective

rural m or f (plural rurais)

  1. rural

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rural.

Adjective

rural m or n (feminine singular rurală, masculine plural rurali, feminine and neuter plural rurale)

  1. rural

Declension

Declension of rural
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite rural rurală rurali rurale
definite ruralul rurala ruralii ruralele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite rural rurale rurali rurale
definite ruralului ruralei ruralilor ruralelor

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruˈɾal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ru‧ral

Adjective

rural m or f (masculine and feminine plural rurales)

  1. rural
    Antonym: urbano

Derived terms

Further reading

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