Home › Words › M › mistralmistral/mɪˈstɹɑːl/mistral means A surname from French.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, mistral ranks #13,414 of 42,749 for Qualifying.mistral is pronounced /mɪˈstɹɑːl/.EtymologyFrom French Mistral.nameA surname from French.Frédéric Mistral (French writer)nounA strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.tramontana 71% match — A dry, cold north wind in Italy and adjacent Mediterranean areas. vs mistral →gregale 66% match — A strong Mediterranean wind blowing from the north-east. vs mistral →burle 63% match — A cold north wind that blows in the winter in south-central France. vs mistral →northwester 63% match — A strong wind blowing from the northwest. vs mistral →norther 62% match — A strong north wind, a wind blowing from the north. vs mistral →meltemi 62% match — A strong, dry, northerly, seasonal wind in the Aegean sea; etesian wind. vs mistral →ostro 62% match — A southerly Mediterranean wind. vs mistral →vendaval 62% match — A westerly wind, especially one that blows into the Mediterranean Sea around the area of the Straits of Gibraltar and Morocco, or a similar wind in the Philippines. vs mistral →