Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mistral

/mɪˈstɹɑːl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: mis-tral
IPA: /mɪˈstɹɑːl/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

name

A surname from French.

name

Frédéric Mistral (French writer)

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Mistral

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

mistrals (plural)

Derived Forms

Mistralian

Frequently Paired Words

tramontana burle

Questions

How do you pronounce mistral?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪˈstɹɑːl/.
What does mistral mean?: A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
Where does mistral come from?: It is traced to French.

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