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REVOLUTIONARY CALENDAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Revolutionary calendar" is a kind of...):
solar calendar (a calendar based on solar cycles)
Meronyms (parts of "Revolutionary calendar"):
Revolutionary calendar month (a month in the Revolutionary calendar)
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)
