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mis·tral

(mĭs′trəl, mĭ-sträl′)

A dry cold northerly wind that blows in squalls toward the Mediterranean coast of southern France.

[French, from Provençal maestral, from Old Provençal, from Late Latin magistrālis, of a master, from Latin magister, master; see meg- in Indo-European roots.]

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mistral

(ˈmɪstrəl; mɪˈstrɑːl)

1. (Physical Geography) a strong cold dry wind that blows through the Rhône valley and S France to the Mediterranean coast, mainly in the winter

2. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) the class of board used in international windsurfing competitions, weighing 15kg and measuring 372cm × 64cm

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

Mistral

1. (Biography) 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. (Biography) 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

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mis•tral

(ˈmɪs trəl, mɪˈstrɑl)

n.

a cold, dry, northerly wind of southern France and neighboring regions.

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

Mis•tral

(miˈstræl, -ˈstrɑl)

n.

1. Frédéric, 1830–1914, Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.

2. Gabriela (Lucila Godoy Alcayaga), 1889–1957, Chilean poet: Nobel prize 1945.

mistral

a cold, dry wind that blows from the north in the south of France and vicinity.

mistral

[mɪˈstrɑːl] N → mistral m

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mistral

n → Mistral m

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mistral

[ˈmɪstrəl] n the mistral → il mistral

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When not engaged in reading Virgil, Homer, or Mistral, in parks, restaurants, streets, and suchlike public places, he indited sonnets (in French) to the eyes, ears, chin, hair, and other visible perfections of a nymph called Therese, the daughter, honesty compels me to state, of a certain Madame Leonore who kept a small cafe for sailors in one of the narrowest streets of the old town.

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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.

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Suddenly he felt the fresh and sharp night air, and Dantes knew that the mistral was blowing.

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Companies of masks with linked arms and whooping like red Indians swept the streets in crazy rushes while gusts of cold mistral swayed the gas lights as far as the eye could reach.

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Horrified locals gathered outside the Mistral in the aftermath of the shooting.

waiter gunned down; Customer kills over 'slow service'

The contract is for the acquisition of Mistral missiles, launchers for dismounted soldiers, related equipment and logistics, and the provision of technical and material assistance for the integration of the Mistral missile on the PASARS vehicles of the Serbian Armed Forces.

MBDA--Serbia signs for the acquisition of Mistral 3 short-range air defence systems with MBDA--16/7/2019

The closure comes 10 months after Mistral officially opened to the public as the brainchild of three friends with a passion for the world's finest and most authentic wines, the majority of which were low in sulphites or completely sulphite free.

City wine bar closes after less than year

has announced it has closed a USD 1.75 million seed round led by Canada-based Mistral Venture Partners, the company said.

Buckzy Payments closes USD 1.75m in seed funding round led by Mistral Venture Partners

I asked Tui for late arrival compensation but it told me to contact Mistral Air instead, as it said this was the plane operator, not Tui.