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Yes. The word rural is a Scrabble US word. The word rural is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

RURAL,

3-letter words (3 found)

ALU,LAR,LUR,

2-letter words (4 found)

AL,AR,LA,UR,

You can make 8 words from rural according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of rural

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Definitions and meaning of rural

rural

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹʊ.ɹəl/, /ˈɹɝ.əl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹʊə.ɹəl/, /ˈɹɔː.ɹəl/
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ral
  • Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl

Adjective

rural (comparative more rural, superlative most rural)

  1. Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.
    Antonyms: urban, suburban

Synonyms

  • campestral
  • landly (nonstandard)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

rural (plural rurals)

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

See also

  • country

Anagrams

  • urlar

Asturian

Adjective

rural (epicene, plural rurales)

  1. rural

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūrālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ruˈɾal]

Adjective

rural m or f (masculine and feminine plural rurals)

  1. 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, 2024
  • “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(key): /ʁy.ʁal/

Adjective

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

  1. 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(key): /ruˈɾal/ [ruˈɾɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ral

Adjective

rural m or f (plural rurais)

  1. rural
    Antonym: urbano

Further reading

  • “rural” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. (dated, learned) rural
    Synonym: ländlich

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ruralis.

Adjective

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

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. rural

Descendants

  • English: rural
  • French: rural

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ryˈral/
  • Rhymes: -al

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

  • ruralmente

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

rural m or f (masculine and feminine plural rurales)

  1. rural
    Antonym: urbano

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “rural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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