mistral

mis·tral
M3I1S1T1R1A1L1
/mɪˈstɹɑːl/

noun

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

OriginMiddle French mistral →
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Meanings

mistral1

nounmistral (plural mistrals)

plural mistrals

  1. A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.

    The mistral had been blowing for three days now and the sea showed more white than blue

    1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
    1 more example

    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

Mistral2

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

Origin

mistral · noun

  1. Middle Frenchmistral
  2. Englishmistral

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

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Mistral · proper noun

  1. FrenchMistral
  2. EnglishMistral

From French Mistral.

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Translations

Catalan mestral
  • mestralstrong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
Finnish mistraali, mistraalituuli
  • mistraalistrong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
  • mistraalituulistrong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
French mistral
  • mistralstrong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
German Mistral
  • Mistralstrong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
Greek μαΐστρος
  • μαΐστρος (maḯstros)strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
Hungarian misztrál
  • misztrálstrong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
Italian maestrale
  • maestralestrong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
Malay mistral
  • mistralstrong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
Portuguese mistral
  • mistralstrong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
Russian мистра́ль
  • мистра́ль (mistrálʹ)strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
Spanish mistral
  • mistralstrong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
Ukrainian містра́ль
  • містра́ль (mistrálʹ)strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean
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APA

mistral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistral

MLA

“mistral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistral. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mistral,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistral.

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