magistral

From French magistral, and its source, Latin magistrālis, from magister (“master”). Doublet of mistral.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmadʒɪstɹəl/

magistral (comparative more magistral, superlative most magistral)

1. Pertaining to or befitting a master; authoritative. [from 16th c.]
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 889:

     Toby opened the game with a magistral flourish.

2. (obsolete, pharmacology) Sovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective. [16th-17th c.]
3. (pharmacology) Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines. [from 16th c.]

magistral (countable and uncountable, plural magistrals)

1. A sovereign medicine or remedy.
2. (countable) A magistral line.
3. (chiefly uncountable) Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.

• altigrams, tragalism

Latin magistralis, itself from magister.

magistral

1. magistral line.

magistral

1. main, arterial.

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Borrowed from Latin magistrālis, itself from magister. Doublet of mistral.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʒis.tʁal/

magistral (feminine singular magistrale, masculine plural magistraux, feminine plural magistrales)

1. magistral (relating to or fitting for a master)

• “magistral” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin magistralis, itself from magister.

magistral (plural magistrales)

1. magistral, magisterial

• magisterio