mural

peinture murale, fresque

Grande image peinte directement sur un mur.

En anglais simple : A large picture painted directly on a wall.

• They painted a mural at school.
• The mural shows animals from the forest.
• Have you seen the new murals downtown?

Synonymes : wall painting

Expressions courantes : paint a mural, wall mural, large mural

mural

Qui concerne un mur ou se trouve dessus ou à l’intérieur.

En anglais simple : Connected with a wall, or placed on or inside one.

• The chapel has beautiful mural decorations.
• A mural quadrant was fixed to the observatory wall.
• The survey recorded damage to the mural paintings.

Expressions courantes : mural decoration, mural painting, mural quadrant

à pic, vertical

Très raide et presque vertical, comme un mur.

En anglais simple : Very steep and straight, like a wall.

• A mural cliff rose above the river.
• They faced a mural precipice with no visible path.
• The mural rock face blocked their route.

Synonymes : sheer, vertical, steep

Expressions courantes : mural precipice, mural cliff

peindre une fresque

Réaliser une grande peinture sur un mur.

En anglais simple : To make a large picture on a wall.

• They plan to mural the wall.
• Local artists muraled the school entrance.
• She murals public buildings with scenes of village life.

Expressions courantes : mural a wall, mural the building