different between mistrial vs mistral

English

Etymology

mis- +? trial

Noun

mistrial (plural mistrials)

1. (law) A trial that has been declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of hung jury.

Derived terms

• mistry

Translations

Anagrams

• trialism

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??st???l/

Noun

mistral (plural mistrals)

1. A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 48

     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.

   • 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise

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

Translations

Further reading

• mistral (wind) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Noun

mistral m

1. mistral (wind)

Further reading

• mistral in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• mistral in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan maestral (whence Occitan mistral) from Late Latin magistr?lis, from Latin magister. Doublet of magistral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mis.t?al/
• Homophone: mistrals
• Hyphenation: mis?tral

Noun

mistral m (plural mistrals)

1. (wind) mistral

Further reading

• “mistral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French mistral.

Noun

mistral n (uncountable)

1. mistral

Declension

Spanish

Noun

mistral m (plural mistrales)

1. mistral