revolutionary calendar

Noun
  1. The calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805;
    Dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792 (synset 115200249)
    is a type of: solar calendar - a calendar based on solar cycles
    has:
    • 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

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