Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extramural

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tra-mu-ral
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university or prison.

adj

Describing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution.

Example Sentences

"[...] a notable acquisition at Chiswick is a machine, believed to be unique of its type, which has been designed and constructed under an extramural research contract at the University of Nottingham for studying fatigue in railway axles."

Etymology

From Latin extramuralis, from extra (“outside”) + muralis (“of a wall”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: extramuralis

Inflected Forms

extra-mural (alternative)

Derived Forms

extramurally

Antonyms

intramural

Rhymes With

rural neural plural mural epidural intramural ural pleural subdural dural sensorineural nomenclatural

Questions

What does extramural mean?: Taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university or prison.
Where does extramural come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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