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magistral

ma·gis·tral/ˈmæ.dʒɪs.tɹəl/adjective, noun

magistral is an adjective meaning “Of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-G-I-S-T-R-A-L and has 3 syllables (ma·gis·tral), and it appears about once in every 47 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does magistral mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative.

    [Y]ou live on a magistral hill in a venerable mansion, not to speak of governmental rations.

  2. 2

    obsoleteSovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective.

  3. 3

    Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.

noun

  1. 1

    A sovereign medicine or remedy.

  2. 2

    A magistral line.

  3. 3

    Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce magistral?

  • US /ˈmæ.dʒɪs.tɹəl/

Magistral has 3 syllables, split ma·gis·tral in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-magistral.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of magistral

  • more magistral comparative
  • most magistral superlative
  • magistrals plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is magistral?

Magistral appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Magistral in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense adjective:

LanguageWords
Spanishmagistral

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does magistral come from?

Borrowed from Middle French magistral, from Latin magistrālis, from magister (“master, teacher”) + -ālis. Doublet of mistral.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).