rural
French, adjective/ʁy.ʁal/
rural is spelled R-U-R-A-L (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,701st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rural is a French adjective meaning “rural” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la campagne”.
What does rural mean in English?
adjective
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rural
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la campagne. 2. Qualifie une commune de moins de 2000 habitants.
noun: 1. Habitant de la campagne.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rural
- rurale feminine
- ruraux masculine plural
- rurales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rural?
- /ʁy.ʁal/
- \ʁy.ʁal\
- [ry.ral]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rural
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rural in French?
rural appears 10 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).