Nivôse

[ nee-vohz ]

noun

1. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.

Nivôse

/ nivoz /

noun

1. the fourth month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from Dec 22 to Jan 20

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nivôse¹

1795–1805; < French < Latin nivōsus snowy, equivalent to niv- (stem of nix ) snow + -ōsus -ose ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nivôse¹

C18: via French from Latin nivōsus snowy, from nix snow

Example Sentences

Accordingly, General Berthier, in command of the French forces at Ancona, received from General Bonaparte the following instructions: Paris, 22 Nivose An.

From Project Gutenberg

The months were adorned with festive names taken from Nature; thus Vendemaire, the vintage month; Brumaire, the foggy; Frimaire, the frosty; Nivose, the snowy; Pluvoise, the rainy; Ventose, the windy; Germinal, the month of sprouting; Flor�al, the month of flowers; Prairial, the haymaking; Messidor, the time of harvest; Thermidor, the month of heat; and Fructidor, the month of fruit.

From Project Gutenberg

At the Luxembourg, this day 8th Nivose, 2nd year of the French Republic, One and Indivisible.

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This day, the 8th Nivose of the 2d year of the French Republic, one and indivisible, to execute and fulfil the order given us, we have gone to the residence of Citizen Thomas Paine, Passage des Petits P�res, number seven, Philadelphia House.

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On the 10th Nivose, General Donadieu, denounced before the revolutionary tribunal, and convicted of treason, was condemned to death, a penalty which he paid on the scaffold.

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