Fructidor

American  

[fryk-tee-dawr] / frük tiˈdɔr /

noun

1. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the twelfth month of the year, extending from August 18 to September 16.

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Fructidor British  

/ fryktidɔr /

noun

1. the month of fruit: the twelfth month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from Aug 19 to Sept 22

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Etymology

Origin of Fructidor

1785–95; < French < Latin frūcti- fructi- + Greek dôron gift

Example Sentences

Whatever there might be to say in favour of the decrees of Fructidor, they provoked an explosion of disgust and disappointment on the part of the public.

From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)

The chief result of the 18th Fructidor was a return, with slight mitigation, to the revolutionary government.

From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)

The proscribed of the 18th Fructidor were already recalled, with the exception of a few royalist conspirators, such as Pichegru, Willot, etc.

From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)

Fran�ois de Neufchateau, who became a Director after the revolution of Fructidor, and the younger Ch�nier, were perhaps the best dramatists of the epoch.

From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)

The method they adopted was merely a slight development of that used by Barras and Augereau at the Revolution of Fructidor two years earlier.

From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)