# rural
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈɹʊ.ɹəl/, /ˈɹɝl/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹʊə.ɹəl/, /ˈɹɔː.ɹəl/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA: /ˈɹʉːɹəl/
* (Ireland) IPA: /ˈɹuːɹəl/
* Hyphenation: ru‧ral
* Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl

### Adjective

rural (comparative more rural, superlative most rural)
* Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.
    Synonyms: campestral, landly (nonstandard)
    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 … .

#### Derived terms

* Ashchurch Rural
* Audley Rural
* Belmont Rural
* Ellesmere Rural
* Kempston Rural
* Llanelli Rural
* Llangollen Rural
* Oswestry Rural
* perirural
* rural coach
* rural dean
* ruralistic
* rurally
* Rural Retreat
* rural sanitary district
* semi-rural
* semirural
* Shap Rural
* St Stephens by Launceston Rural
* Tring Rural
* urban-rural commune
* urban-rural gmina
* Uttoxeter Rural
* Watford Rural
* Wem Rural
* Whitchurch Rural

#### Translations
### Noun

rural (plural rurals)
* (obsolete) A person from the countryside; a rustic.

#### See also

* country

### Anagrams

* urlar

## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūrālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ruˈɾal/ [ruˈɾal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ru‧ral

### Adjective

rural (epicene, plural rurales)
* rural
    Antonym: urbanu

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūrālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ruˈɾal]
* Hyphenation: ru‧ral

### Adjective

rural m or f (masculine and feminine plural rurals)
* rural
    Antonym: urbà

### Further reading

* “rural” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “rural”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “rural” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “rural” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁy.ʁal/
* Audio (France):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ru‧ral

### Adjective

rural (feminine rurale, masculine plural ruraux, feminine plural rurales)
* rural
    Synonym: champêtre
    Antonym: urbain

#### Related terms

* rustique
* rustre

### Further reading

* “rural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin rūrālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ruˈɾal/ [ruˈɾɑɫ]
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: ru‧ral

### Adjective

rural m or f (plural rurais)
* rural
    Antonym: urbano

### Further reading

* “rural”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁuˈʁaːl/
* Rhymes: -aːl
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

rural (strong nominative masculine singular ruraler, comparative ruraler, superlative am ruralsten)
* (dated, learned) rural
    Synonym: ländlich

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin ruralis.

### Adjective

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

#### Synonyms

* landlig

### References

* “rural” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin ruralis.

### Adjective

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

#### Synonyms

* landleg

### References

* “rural” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

rural m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rurale)
* rural

#### Descendants

* → English: rural
* French: rural

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ryˈral/
* Rhymes: -al

### Adjective

rural
* rural

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁuˈɾaw/ [huˈɾaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁuˈɾaw/ [huˈɾaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁuˈɾaw/ [χuˈɾaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁuˈɾal/ [ʁuˈɾaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁuˈɾal/ [ʁuˈɾaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁuˈɾa.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: ru‧ral

### Adjective

rural m or f (plural rurais)
* rural

#### Derived terms

* ruralmente

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French rural.

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ruˈɾal/ [ruˈɾal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ru‧ral

### Adjective

rural m or f (masculine and feminine plural rurales)
* rural
    Antonym: urbano

#### Derived terms

* casa rural
* turismo rural

### Further reading

* “rural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10