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mistral

[ US /ˈmɪstɹəɫ/ ]
[ UK /mˈɪstɹə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter

How To Use mistral In A Sentence

  • The mistral has killed all the land lines in his bit of France, he said.
  • An English Version (the Original Crowned by the French Academy) of Frédéric Mistral's Mirèio from the Original Provencal/translated by C. H. Frédéric Mistral - Bibliography
  • When the mistral winds blow it is particularly chilly, so a property with some kind of central heating is a necessity.
  • Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 10:37 PM moi aussi je me demande comment ce linge va resister au mistral! and : is that really prehistoric skull a droite sur la pile de tuile? Corvee - French Word-A-Day
  • The ruins of the castle remain atop the hill but provide little protection from the relentless mistral, which constantly whips through its now-exposed cavity.
  • Note: largest West European nation; occasional warm tropical wind known as mistral The 1995 CIA World Factbook
  • Climate: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral The 2004 CIA World Factbook
  • Jean-Marc's aunt, Marie-Françoise, tells me that such open bell towers, or campaniles, are constructed in windy regions where it is better to go with the flow than to be beaten down by the Mistral. French Word-A-Day:
  • Climate: metropolitan France: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral France
  • However, the mistral which has been particularly strong lately has blown one of the gates off its mountings.
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