thermidor

See also: Thermidor

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “hot”) +‎ δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛʁ.mi.dɔʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Noun

thermidor m (plural thermidors)

1. (historical) Thermidor (the eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar)

   Synonym: (obsolete) fervidor

   • 2017, Condoleezza Rice, Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom, New York: Grand Central Publishing, page 23:

     The term thermidor is associated with the French Revolution and the arrested democratization that followed the Reign of Terror and led to an emperor.

Derived terms

• thermidorien

See also

• (French Republican Calendar months) mois du calendrier républicain; vendémiaire, brumaire, frimaire, nivôse, pluviôse, ventôse, germinal, floréal, prairial, messidor, thermidor, fructidor ^{(Category: fr:Months)}

Further reading

• “thermidor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.