thermidor
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French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “hot”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).
Pronunciation
Noun
thermidor m (plural thermidors)
- (historical) Thermidor (the eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar)
- Synonym: (obsolete) fervidor
- 2017, Condoleezza Rice, Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom, New York: Grand Central Publishing, page 23:
- The term thermidor is associated with the French Revolution and the arrested democratization that followed the Reign of Terror and led to an emperor.
Derived terms
See also
- (French Republican Calendar months) mois du calendrier républicain; vendémiaire, brumaire, frimaire, nivôse, pluviôse, ventôse, germinal, floréal, prairial, messidor, thermidor, fructidor (Category: fr:Months)
Further reading
- “thermidor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.