Definitions for Mistral

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Mistral mis·tral

Spelling: [mis-truh l, mi-strahl]

IPA: /ˈmɪs trəl, mɪˈstrɑl/

Mistral is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 303 anagrams from letters in Mistral (ailmrst).

Definitions for Mistral

noun

1. a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
2. Frédéric [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.
3. Gabriela [gah-vree-e-lah] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA), (Lucila Godoy Alcayaga) 1889–1957, Chilean poet and educator: Nobel Prize in literature 1945.

Origin of Mistral

1595-1605; Middle French Provençal; Old Provençal maistral Latin magistrālis magistral

Examples for Mistral

The mistral was blowing so that the windows of the car had to be kept closed.

mistral devoted his to the attempt to perpetuate an old language, Provenal.

It is a volley of pebbles that the mistral carries with it as a torrent does.

I have thus had the opportunity of making the acquaintance of the mistral.

All this, however, I was told, formed but a modified attack of mistral.

The mistral and the bise, when they really set to work, are a scourge.

But mistral's advanced years may excuse it, if excuse is needed.

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

In mistral's youth there can have been little change from the ways of centuries past.

It is the same whether it rains or shines, or whether the mistral blows or not.