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rural

/ˈɹʊəɹəl/ UK
/ˈɹɔːɹəl/ UK
/ˈɹɵːɹəl/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈɹoːɹəl/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈɹʊɹəl/ US
/ˈɹɝəl/ US
/ˈɾʉɾəl/ Scotland
[ˈɾʉːɾəl] Scotland
/ˈɹuːɹəl/ Ireland
/ˈɾuːɾal/ South Asia
/ˈɾuːa̯l/ South Asia, nonstandard

Rhymes with -ʊəɹəl

Where it comes from

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

adjective more rural · most rural

Relating to the countryside or to agriculture. 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 … .
Similar: campestral, landly, pastoral · Opposite: urban, suburban

noun rurals

obsolete A person from the countryside; a rustic.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rustic, agrestic, folksy, bucolic, cracker-barrel, countrified, frontier, hick, country, arcadian, campestral, farm, hobnailed, agrarian, farming, pastoral

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Every language

adj pertaining to non-urban areas

Español	rural
한국어	시골의 sigorui, 마을의 ma'eurui
日本語	農村 nōson, いなかの inaka no, ルーラル rūraru
中文	農村的 /农村的 nóngcūn de, 鄉村的 /乡村的 xiāngcūn de
Português	rural
Français	rural
Deutsch	ländlich, dörflich
Italiano	rurale
Ελληνικά	αγροτικός agrotikós
Română	rural, țărănesc, câmpenesc
Русский	се́льский sélʹskij, дереве́нский derevénskij
Tiếng Việt	nông thôn
العربية	فَلَّاحِيّ fallāḥiyy, قَرَوِيّ qarawiyy
עברית	כַּפְרִי kafrí

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@misc{rural_2026,
  title = {rural},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rural},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}