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1. mytail+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-10-16 16:33:00
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"... ;)

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2. ucario+w5[view] [source] 2024-10-16 17:09:17
>>mytail+(OP)
I'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.
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3. mytail+O7[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-10-16 17:26:11
>>ucario+w5
Well yes, it is a Mediterranean wind!
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4. Spone+So[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-10-16 19:01:36
>>ucario+w5
The song actually refers to a kind of candy named "Mistral gagnant"

https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral_gagnant_(confiserie)

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5. kergon+Xx2[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-10-17 15:55:17
>>ucario+w5
This 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_helico...

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