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magistral en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæ.dʒɪs.tɹəl/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.? Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *magisteros Latin magister Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin magistrālisder. Middle French magistralbor. English magistral Borrowed from Middle French magistral, from Latin magistrālis, from magister (“master, teacher”) + -ālis. Doublet of mistral.

Meanings

1. Of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative.
   • Toby opened the game with a magistral flourish. 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 889:
   • [Y]ou live on a magistral hill in a venerable mansion, not to speak of governmental rations. 1928, Hart Crane, letter, 16 September
2. (obsolete) Sovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective.
3. Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.

Forms

Deriveds

magistrally · magistrality

Translations (1)

es magistral (adjective)

magistral en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæ.dʒɪs.tɹəl/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.? Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *magisteros Latin magister Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin magistrālisder. Middle French magistralbor. English magistral Borrowed from Middle French magistral, from Latin magistrālis, from magister (“master, teacher”) + -ālis. Doublet of mistral.

Meanings

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

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