maestral
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
Declension of maestral
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | maestral |
| genitive | maestrala |
| dative | maestralu |
| accusative | maestral |
| vocative | maestrale |
| locative | maestralu |
| instrumental | maestralom |
References
- “maestral” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin magistrālis (“pertaining to a teacher or master”). Doublet of magistral and mistral.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maesˈtɾal/ [ma.esˈt̪ɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ma‧es‧tral
Adjective
maestral (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
Further reading
- “maestral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014