Revolutionary calendar

n (Historical Terms) the calendar adopted by the French First Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805. Dates were calculated from Sept 22, 1792. The months were called Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire, Nivôse, Pluviôse, Ventôse, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor, and Fructidor

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Revolutionary calendar - the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792Revolutionary calendar month - a month in the Revolutionary calendarVendemiaire - first month of the Revolutionary calendar (September and October); the month of the grape harvestBrumaire - second month of the Revolutionary calendar (October and November); the month of mistFrimaire - third month of the Revolutionary calendar (November and December); the frosty monthNivose - fourth month of the Revolutionary calendar (December and January); the snowy monthPluviose - fifth month of the Revolutionary calendar (January and February); the rainy monthVentose - sixth month of the Revolutionary calendar (February and March); the windy monthGerminal - seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of budsFloreal - eighth month of the Revolutionary calendar (April and May); the month of flowersPrairial - ninth month of the Revolutionary calendar (May and June); the month of meadowsMessidor - tenth month of the Revolutionary calendar (June and July); the month of harvestThermidor - eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heatFructidor - twelfth month of the Revolutionary calendar (August and September); the month of fruitsolar calendar - a calendar based on solar cycles

Revolutionary calendar

Revolutionary calendar

Revolutionary calendar

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noun the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805

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