magistral

From Middle French magistral, and its source, Latin magistrālis, from magister (“master”). Doublet of mistral.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmadʒɪstɹəl/

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magistral (comparative more magistral, superlative most magistral)

1. 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.

2. (obsolete, pharmacology) Sovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective. [16th–17th c.]
3. (pharmacology) Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines. [from 16th c.]

magistral (countable and uncountable, plural magistrals)

1. (pharmacology) A sovereign medicine or remedy.
2. (countable) A magistral line.
3. (chiefly uncountable) Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.

• altigrams, tragalism

Learned borrowing from Latin magistrālis. Doublet of mestral.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.ʒisˈtɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.d͡ʒisˈtɾal]

magistral m or f (masculine and feminine plural magistrals)

1. characteristic of a master or mastery; masterful, magistral

   Synonym: mestrívol

• “magistral”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Russian магистраль (magistralʹ), from Latin magistralis, itself from magister.

magistral

1. magistral line.

magistral

1. main, arterial.

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “magistral”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Borrowed from Latin magistrālis, itself from magister. Doublet of mistral.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʒis.tʁal/

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magistral (feminine magistrale, masculine plural magistraux, feminine plural magistrales)

1. (relational) master; magistral
2. ex cathedra

   cours magistral ― lecture

3. (figuratively) remarkable, masterful
4. (figuratively) resounding, sound

   Il s'est planté d'une façon magistrale. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• magistralement

• “magistral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

magistral m or f (plural magistrais, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of maxistral

• “magistral” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Borrowed from French magistral. By surface analysis, magistru +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ma.d͡ʒisˈtral/

magistral m or n (feminine singular magistrală, masculine plural magistrali, feminine and neuter plural magistrale)

1. masterly

• “magistral”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from Latin magistrālis, itself from magister. Doublet of maestral and mistral.

• IPA^(key): /maxisˈtɾal/ [ma.xisˈt̪ɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ma‧gis‧tral

magistral m or f (masculine and feminine plural magistrales)

1. magistral, magisterial, masterly

• “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], 10 December 2024