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Mistral is essentially never in plural form because it is the name of a specific wind. The only plural form people will probably know is from the song Mistral
by mytailorisrich 2y ago
Mistral is essentially never in plural form because it is the name of a specific wind.
The only plural form people will probably know is from the song Mistral Gagnant where the lyrics include les mistrals gagnants but that refers to sweets!
Not sure why anyone would think "les mistraux"... ;)
- ucarion 2y agoI'm not sure if being from the north of France changes things, but I think the Renaud song is much more familiar to folks I know than the wind.
- mytailorisrich 2y agoWell yes, it is a Mediterranean wind!
- Spone 2y agoThe song actually refers to a kind of candy named "Mistral gagnant" https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral_gagnant_(confiserie) https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral_gagnant_(confiserie)
- kergonath 2y agoThis is probably heavily population-dependent. I don’t think they named the Mistral-class ships after the song or the sweet. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral-class_landing_helicopter_dock https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral-class_landing_helico...