mistral

French mistral, from Occitan maestral, compare Catalan mestral, from Late Latin magistralis, from Latin magister.

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈstɹɑːl/

mistral (plural mistrals)

1. A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 48

     I saw him, the sea gray under the mistral and foam-flecked, watching the vanishing coast of France, which he was destined never to see again; and I thought there was something gallant in his bearing and dauntless in his soul.

   • 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise

     The mistral had been blowing for three days now and the sea showed more white than blue

mistral m

1. mistral (wind)

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

Occitan maestral, compare Catalan mestral, from Late Latin magistralis, from Latin magister. Doublet of magistral.

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

mistral m (plural mistrals)

1. (wind) mistral

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