maestral

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

maestral (plural maestrals)

  1. Obsolete form of mistral.

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian maestrale.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maěstraːl/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧e‧stral

Noun[edit]

maèstrāl m (Cyrillic spelling маѐстра̄л)

  1. (meteorology) Moderately strong north-westerly wind which often blows in late afternoons during summertime in the Adriatic and Aegean seas.

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • maestral” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin magistrālis (pertaining to a teacher or master). Doublet of magistral and mistral.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maesˈtɾal/ [ma.esˈt̪ɾal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ma‧es‧tral

Adjective[edit]

maestral m or f (masculine and feminine plural maestrales)

  1. pedagogic; teaching
  2. referring to the grand master of one of the Spanish military orders

Noun[edit]

maestral m (plural maestrales)

  1. mistral (wind)
  2. cell of a queen bee

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