name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
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Standard Lemma guide
mistral
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/mɪˈstɹɑːl/
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name
Meaning 2
Frédéric Mistral (French writer)
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noun
Meaning 3
A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
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noun
Meaning 4
a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: north wind, northerly, norther, boreas
History
Etymology
From French Mistral.
Borrowed from Middle French mistral, from Occitan. Doublet of magistral.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: mestral — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- Corsican: maestral — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- Finnish: mistraali — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- Finnish: mistraalituuli — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- French: mistral — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- German: Mistral — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- Greek: μαΐστρος (maḯstros) — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- Hungarian: misztrál — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- Italian: maestrale — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- Malay: mistral — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- Maltese: majjistral — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- Portuguese: mistral — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- Russian: мистра́ль (mistrálʹ) — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- Sardinian: maistràle — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- Spanish: mistral — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
- Ukrainian: містра́ль (mistrálʹ) — strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean