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

Lawmakers have tried to halt the French sale of the Mistral, an amphibious warship, to the Russian Navy.

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Two years later I visited the south of France again, and had the pleasure of seeing Mistral in his own home.

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This article of Lamartine, and his personal efforts on behalf of Mistral, contributed greatly to the success of the poem.

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Mistral himself and the poets about him now took an entirely new view of their mission.

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So Mistral has devoted himself to promoting knowledge of its history, traditions, language, and religion.

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This often becomes an abstract feminine noun, answering to the French termination -ée; armée in Mistral's language isPg 56 armado.

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