mistral
See also: Mistral
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French mistral, from Occitan. Doublet of magistral.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /mɪˈstɹɑːl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editmistral (plural mistrals)
- A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 48”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
- 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
Translations
editstrong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
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Further reading
edit- mistral (wind) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Czech
editNoun
editmistral m inan
- mistral (wind)
Declension
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Occitan maestral (whence Occitan mistral) from Late Latin magistrālis, from Latin magister. Doublet of magistral.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmistral m (plural mistrals)
- (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
edit- “mistral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editmistral n (uncountable)
Declension
edit declension of mistral (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) mistral | mistralul |
genitive/dative | (unui) mistral | mistralului |
vocative | mistralule |
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Occitan mistral, from Latin magistrālis. Doublet of maestral and magistral.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmistral m (plural mistrales)
- mistral (cold wind from the Atlantic)
Further reading
edit- “mistral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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