mistral

See also: Mistral

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mistral, from Occitan. Doublet of magistral.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪˈstɹɑːl/
  • (file)

Noun

mistral (plural mistrals)

  1. A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.

Translations

Further reading

Czech

Noun

mistral m inan

  1. mistral (wind)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • mistral in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mistral in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan maestral (whence Occitan mistral) from Late Latin magistrālis, from Latin magister. Doublet of magistral.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mis.tʁal/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: mistrals
  • Hyphenation: mis‧tral

Noun

mistral m (plural mistrals)

  1. (wind) mistral
    • 1963, “La Madrague”, Jean-Max Rivière (lyrics), Gérard Bourgeois (music), performed by Brigitte Bardot:
      Le mistral va s’habituer / A courir sans les voiliers
      The mistral will get used / To blowing with no sails to fill

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mistral.

Noun

mistral n (uncountable)

  1. mistral

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan mistral, from Latin magistrālis. Doublet of maestral and magistral.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /misˈtɾal/ [misˈt̪ɾal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mis‧tral

Noun

mistral m (plural mistrales)

  1. mistral (cold wind from the Atlantic)

Further reading

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