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magistral

Syllables: ma·gis·tral/ˈmæ.dʒɪs.tɹəl/

magistral adjective: of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative.

Adjective

magistral (comparative more magistral, superlative most magistral)

  1. Of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative.
    • [Y]ou live on a magistral hill in a venerable mansion, not to speak of governmental rations.1928, Hart Crane, letter, 16 September
    • Toby opened the game with a magistral flourish.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 889
  2. (obsolete) Sovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective.
  3. Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.

Noun

magistral (countable and uncountable, plural magistrals)

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

magistral meaning in Urdu

magistral in Urdu

magistral
استادانہ ustādāna

Forms of magistral

Adjective
comparativemore magistral
superlativemost magistral
Noun
pluralmagistrals

Origin of magistral

Borrowed from Middle French magistral, from Latin magistrālis, from magister (“master, teacher”) + -ālis. Doublet of mistral.

Words formed from magistral

Phrases with magistral

Questions about magistral

What does magistral mean?
Magistral means of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative.
What is magistral in Urdu?
Magistral in Urdu is استادانہ (ustādāna). See Magistral meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is magistral?
Magistral can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce magistral?
Magistral is pronounced /ˈmæ.dʒɪs.tɹəl/ (UK).

Words near magistral in the dictionary

  1. magisters
  2. magistery
  3. magistra
  4. magistracies
  5. magistracy
  6. magistral
  7. magistral line
  8. magistral lines
  9. magistralities
  10. magistrality
  11. magistrally

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Adapted from Wiktionary: magistral (page history and authors); استادانہ (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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