Mistral

Mis·tral  (m-sträl, m-), Frédéric 1830-1914.

French writer and leader in the revival of Provençal as a literary language. He shared the 1904 Nobel Prize for literature.

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Mistral, Gabriela Pen name of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. 1889-1957.

Chilean poet whose works include Sonnets of Death (1914) and Tala (1938). She won the 1945 Nobel Prize for literature.

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mis·tral  (mstrl, m-sträl)

n.

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

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

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mistral [ˈmɪstrəl mɪˈstrɑːl]

n

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

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

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Mistral

n

1. (Biographies / (French)) 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. (Biographies / (Spanish)) Gabriela (gaˈβrjela), 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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mistral

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

See also: Wind

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mistral - a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter boreas, north wind, norther, northerly - a wind that blows from the north

Translations

mistral [mɪˈstrɑːl] N → mistral m

mistral

n → Mistral m

mistral [ˈmɪstrəl] n the mistral → il mistral