Definitions for mistrals

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mistrals mis·tral

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

IPA: /ˈmɪs trəl, mɪˈstrɑl/

Mistrals is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 366 anagrams from letters in mistrals (ailmrsst).

Definitions for mistrals

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 mistrals

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

Examples for mistrals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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