Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A dry cold northerly wind that blows in squalls toward the Mediterranean coast of southern France.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In southern France and vicinity, a cold and dry northwest wind which blows in furious gusts from time to time in much of that region, notably in winter. The mistral derives its peculiar properties from the character of the country over which it blows; it extends from the mouth of the Ebro to the Gulf of Genoa, but is strongest and most frequent over Provence, and especially in the delta of the Rhone. Also written
maestral .
Wiktionary
- n. A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A violent and cold northwest wind experienced in the Mediterranean provinces of France, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter
Etymologies
- French, from Provençal maestral, from Old Provençal, from Late Latin magistrālis, of a master, from Latin magister, master; see meg- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“Francemetropolitan France: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral”
“Climate: metropolitan France: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral”
“Note: largest West European nation; occasional warm tropical wind known as mistral”
“Geographic note: largest West European nation; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral”
“France: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral”
“France generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral”
“Climate: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral”
“Geography -- note: largest West European nation; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral”
“Geography - note: largest West European nation; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral”
“The mistral is the better known, and it blasts down the Rhone valley for about 3 days at a time.”
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mistral’.
-
wind names
yet another list like this.
abroholos, alizé, amihan, habagat, barguzin wind, bayamo, bergwind, bise, bora, brickfielder, brisa, brisote and 93 more...
-
Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
-
Wind-related
aeolius, boreal, sirocco, zephyr, chinook, favonius, typhoon, monsoon, cyclone, notus, eurus, hyperborea and 11 more...
-
The Names of Winds
Self-explanatory, one hopes.
boreas, chinook, diablo, mistral, santa ana, zephyros, williwaw
sionnach Chile's other Nobel laureate; she appears on the 5,000 peso note. Jul 28, 2009