mistral
noun
- strong, cold, northwesterly wind that blows from southern France into the Gulf of Lion in the northern Mediterranean
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /mɪˈstɹɑːl/
name
Etymology: From French Mistral.
- A surname from French.
- Frédéric Mistral (French writer)
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French mistral, from Occitan. Doublet of magistral.
- A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
“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”