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English
Noun
maestral (plural maestrals)
- Obsolete form of mistral.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Italian maestrale.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maěstraːl/
- Hyphenation: ma‧e‧stral
Noun
maèstrāl m (Cyrillic spelling маѐстра̄л)
- (meteorology) Moderately strong north-westerly wind which often blows in late afternoons during summertime in the Adriatic and Aegean seas.
Declension
References
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin magistrālis (“pertaining to a teacher or master”). Doublet of magistral and mistral.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maesˈtɾal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ma‧es‧tral
Adjective
maestral m or f (masculine and feminine plural maestrales)
- pedagogic; teaching
- referring to the grand master of one of the Spanish military orders
Noun
maestral m (plural maestrales)
- mistral (wind)
- cell of a queen bee
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