# magistral
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmadʒɪstɹəl/

### Adjective

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.
* (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

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

* altigrams, tragalism

## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin magistrālis. Doublet of mestral.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [mə.ʒisˈtɾal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ma.d͡ʒisˈtɾal]

### Adjective

magistral m or f (masculine and feminine plural magistrals)
* characteristic of a master or mastery; masterful, magistral
    Synonym: mestrívol

### Further reading

* “magistral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

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

### Noun

magistral
* magistral line.

#### Declension
### Adjective

magistral
* main, arterial.

### References

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

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.ʒis.tʁal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

magistral (feminine magistrale, masculine plural magistraux, feminine plural magistrales)
* (relational) master; magistral
* ex cathedra
    cours magistral ― lecture
* (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

* magistralement

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Adjective

magistral m or f (plural magistrais, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of maxistral

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French magistral.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.d͡ʒisˈtral/

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
### Further reading

* magistral in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maxisˈtɾal/ [ma.xisˈt̪ɾal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ma‧gis‧tral

### Adjective

magistral m or f (masculine and feminine plural magistrales)
* magistral, magisterial

#### Derived terms

* lección magistral
* magistralmente

#### Related terms

* magisterio

### Further reading

* “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