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mistral

Syllables: mis·tral/mɪˈstɹɑːl/

mistral noun: a strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.

mistral: a strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
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Noun

mistral (plural mistrals)

  1. A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
    • 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.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 48”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
    • The mistral had been blowing for three days now and the sea showed more white than blue1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise

Proper noun capitalized: Mistral

Mistral

  1. A surname from French.
  2. Frédéric Mistral (French writer)

mistral meaning in Malay

mistral in Malay

strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
mistral

Forms of mistral

pluralmistrals

Origin of mistral

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

From French Mistral.

Words formed from mistral

Questions about mistral

What does mistral mean?
Mistral means a strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
What is mistral in Malay?
Mistral in Malay is mistral. See Mistral meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is mistral?
Mistral can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mistral?
Mistral is pronounced /mɪˈstɹɑːl/.
What is the plural of mistral?
The plural of mistral is mistrals.

Words near mistral in the dictionary

  1. mistrails
  2. mistrain
  3. mistrained
  4. mistraining
  5. mistrains
  6. mistral
  7. Mistralian
  8. Mistralian norm
  9. mistrals
  10. mistransact
  11. mistransacted

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