Frimaire

American  

[free-mer] / friˈmɛr /

noun

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

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Frimaire British  

/ frimɛr /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Frimaire

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

Example Sentences

The law of Frimaire 14 created two centers of influence from which action spread, in the sense of the Committee, and which affected the authorities.

From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by Durand, John

On the 21st of Frimaire, which was yesterday, I was at a public ball of the most brilliant kind now known in Paris.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.

While Josephine, with joyous pride was receiving this homage, Bonaparte, gloomy and murmuring, sat in his cabinet at Milan, and wrote to her: "MILAN, the 7th Frimaire, Year V.,"

From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

Decree of arrest passed by 498 out of 500 votes, Frimaire 3; execution Frimaire 26.

From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by Durand, John

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various