mistral

¹

[ mis-truhl, mi-strahl ]

noun

1. a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.

Mistral

²

[ mee-stral mees-trahl ]

noun

1. Fré·dé·ric [f, r, ey-dey-, reek], 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel Prize 1904.
2. Ga·bri·e·la [gah-v, r, ee-, e, -lah], Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, 1889–1957, Chilean poet and educator: Nobel Prize in literature 1945.

Mistral

¹

noun

1. mistral MistralFrédéric18301914MFrenchWRITING: poet Frédéric (frederik). 1830–1914, French Provençal poet, who led a movement to revive Provençal language and literature: shared the Nobel prize for literature 1904
2. misˈtral MistralGabriela18891957FChileanWRITING: poetEDUCATION: educationalistPOLITICS: diplomatist Gabriela (ɡaˈβrjela), pen name of Lucila Godoy de Alcayaga. 1889–1957, Chilean poet, educationalist, and diplomatist. Her poetry includes the collection Desolación (1922): Nobel prize for literature 1945

mistral

²

/ mɪˈstrɑːl; ˈmɪstrəl /

noun

1. a strong cold dry wind that blows through the Rhône valley and S France to the Mediterranean coast, mainly in the winter
2. the class of board used in international windsurfing competitions, weighing 15kg and measuring 372cm × 64cm

Word History and Origins

Origin of mistral¹

1595–1605; < Middle French < Provençal; Old Provençal maistral < Latin magistrālis magistral

Word History and Origins

Origin of mistral¹

C17: via French from Provençal, from Latin magistrālis magistral , as in magistrālis ventus master wind

Example Sentences

That was true of all the models, including versions of the GPT bots developed by OpenAI, Meta’s Llama, Microsoft’s Phi-3, Google’s Gemma and several models developed by the French lab Mistral AI.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, OpenAI is valued at $80 billion, Anthropic at $18.4 billion and French AI startup Mistral at $6.2 billion.

From Los Angeles Times

The company has stakes in OpenAI, the French start-up Mistral and Abu Dhabi’s G42, and it has also partnered with those businesses to develop and deploy A.I.

From New York Times

The AI version of Bommer that was created by Eternos uses an in-house model as well as external large language models developed by major tech companies like Meta, OpenAI and the French firm Mistral AI, said the company’s CEO, LoCascio, who previously worked with Bommer at a software company called LivePerson.

From Seattle Times

At a recent spring recess where girls with hijabs, others with their hair flowing in the fierce local wind known as Mistral, and boys all mingled, one headscarf-wearing high-schooler said transferring to Ibn Khaldoun meant both freedom and community.

From Seattle Times

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