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

Civilization became developed in an extraordinary manner; and the consulate was, in this respect, the perfected period of the directory, from its commencement to the 18th Fructidor.

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

This little work is of historical value, in connection with 18 Fructidor, but it was evidently written to carry two practical points.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel

But the Directory drew up an important military law, that of the 6th Fructidor of the year VI., which established compulsory military service for all, under the form of conscription strictly so called.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various

This was nothing more nor less than the language of another Fructidor.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys

The royalist movements persisted, indeed, during the whole of the Revolution, and were accentuated under the Directory, when forty-nine departments sent royalist deputies to Paris, which provoked the Directory to the coup d'etat of Fructidor.

From The Psychology of Revolution by Le Bon, Gustave