Frimaire

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noun

1. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the third month of the year, extending from November 21 to December 20.

Frimaire

/ frimɛr /

noun

1. the frosty month: the third month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from Nov 22 to Dec 21

Word History and Origins

Origin of Frimaire¹

1830–40; < French, equivalent to frim ( as ) hoarfrost, derivative of Old French frim (< Germanic; compare Old English hrim rime ² ) + -aire -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of Frimaire¹

C19: from French, from frimas hoarfrost, from Old French frim , of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse hrīm rime ¹

Example Sentences

With enthusiasm they repeated the words with which Napoleon had received the pastors at the Tuileries on the 16th of Frimaire, year XII.:

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Beginning with the new year on the 22nd of September the autumn months were Vend�miaire, the month of vintage, Brumaire, the months of fog, and Frimaire, 171 the month of frost.

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These laws carry out the general principles of the law of 7 Frimaire An V., which completely decentralized the system of national poor relief established by the Revolution.

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This particular November is dark indeed, for it is November of the year 1793, Frimaire of the Terror.

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On the “11 Frimaire an 13” Napoleon and Josephine were jointly crowned at Paris, by the pope.

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