Vendemiaire
/vɛnˌdɛmɪˈɛː
/(also Vendémiaire /vɑ̃demjɛʀ/)
noun
The first month of the French Republican calendar (1793–1805), originally running from 22 September to 21 October.This system also had new names for the months - Vendemiaire for September, Fructidor for August - and lasted until Napoleon re-established the Gregorian Calendar in 1806....
- By the law of 16 Vendemiaire, Year 2 of the Republic it was laid down that the weight of the new currency should be defined in terms of the kilogram (initially one hundredth).
- Out went the old months - January to December - and in came Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire, Nivôse, Pluviôse, Ventôse, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor and Fructidor.
Origin
French, from Latin vindemia 'vintage'.
- well-contented
- well contested
- well-contrived
- well-controlled
- well-cooked
- well-co-ordinated
- well-corked
- well-corned
- well-corrected
- well-couched
- well-counterfeited
- well covered
- well crafted
- well-crammed
- well crank
- well-creamed
- well-created
- well-crested
- well-cropped
- well-crushed
- well-cultivated
- well-cultured
- well curb
- well-curb
- well-cured