Revolutionary calendar month
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Noun | 1. | Revolutionary calendar month - a month in the Revolutionary calendar Revolutionary calendar - the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792 Vendemiaire - first month of the Revolutionary calendar (September and October); the month of the grape harvest Brumaire - second month of the Revolutionary calendar (October and November); the month of mist Frimaire - third month of the Revolutionary calendar (November and December); the frosty month Nivose - fourth month of the Revolutionary calendar (December and January); the snowy month Pluviose - fifth month of the Revolutionary calendar (January and February); the rainy month Ventose - sixth month of the Revolutionary calendar (February and March); the windy month Germinal - seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds Floreal - eighth month of the Revolutionary calendar (April and May); the month of flowers Prairial - ninth month of the Revolutionary calendar (May and June); the month of meadows Messidor - tenth month of the Revolutionary calendar (June and July); the month of harvest Thermidor - eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heat Fructidor - twelfth month of the Revolutionary calendar (August and September); the month of fruit calendar month, month - one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month" |