magistral
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French magistral, and its source, Latin magistrālis, from magister (“master”). Doublet of mistral.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]magistral (comparative more magistral, superlative most magistral)
- Pertaining to or befitting a master; authoritative. [from 16th c.]
- 1928, Hart Crane, letter, 16 September:
- [Y]ou live on a magistral hill in a venerable mansion, not to speak of governmental rations.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 889:
- Toby opened the game with a magistral flourish.
- 1928, Hart Crane, letter, 16 September:
- (obsolete, pharmacology) Sovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective. [16th–17th c.]
- (pharmacology) Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines. [from 16th c.]
Noun
[edit]magistral (countable and uncountable, plural magistrals)
- (pharmacology) A sovereign medicine or remedy.
- (countable) A magistral line.
- (chiefly uncountable) Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin magistrālis. Doublet of mestral.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]magistral m or f (masculine and feminine plural magistrals)
Further reading
[edit]- “magistral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Crimean Tatar
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian магистраль (magistralʹ), from Latin magistralis, itself from magister.
Noun
[edit]magistral
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | magistral | magistraller |
genitive | magistralniñ | magistrallerniñ |
dative | magistralge | magistrallerge |
accusative | magistralni | magistrallerni |
locative | magistralde | magistrallerde |
ablative | magistralden | magistrallerden |
Adjective
[edit]magistral
References
[edit]- Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
- “magistral”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin magistrālis, itself from magister. Doublet of mistral.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]magistral (feminine magistrale, masculine plural magistraux, feminine plural magistrales)
- (relational) master; magistral
- ex cathedra
- (figuratively) remarkable, masterful
- (figuratively) resounding, sound
- Il s’est planté d’une façon magistrale. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “magistral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
[edit]Adjective
[edit]magistral m or f (plural magistrais, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of maxistral
Further reading
[edit]- “magistral” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French magistral.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]magistral m or n (feminine singular magistrală, masculine plural magistrali, feminine and neuter plural magistrale)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | magistral | magistrală | magistrali | magistrale | |||
definite | magistralul | magistrala | magistralii | magistralele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | magistral | magistrale | magistrali | magistrale | |||
definite | magistralului | magistralei | magistralilor | magistralelor |
Further reading
[edit]- magistral in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin magistrālis, itself from magister. Doublet of maestral and mistral.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]magistral m or f (masculine and feminine plural magistrales)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “magistral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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