Messidor

See also: messidor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French messidor, from Latin messis (“harvest”) + Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsɪdɔː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛsɪˈdɔɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Proper noun

Messidor (plural Messidors)

1. (historical) The tenth month of the French Republican Calendar, from June 19 or 20 to July 18 or 19.

Translations

the tenth month of the French Republican Calendar

• Arabic: مِيسِيدُور m (mīsīdūr)
• Armenian: մեսսիդոր (messidor)
• Azerbaijani: messidor
• Basque: bihilis
• Belarusian: месідо́р m (mjesidór)
• Catalan: messidor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 穫月／获月 (wok⁶ jyut⁶)

  Mandarin: 穫月／获月 (Huòyuè)

• Dutch: messidor (nl) m, oogstmaand (nl) f
• Esperanto: mesidoro
• Estonian: messidoor, lõikuskuu (et)
• Finnish: messidor (fi)
• French: messidor (fr) m
• Galician: mesidor m
• Georgian: მესიდორი (mesidori)
• German: Messidor m, Erntemonat (de) m
• Greek: Μεσιντόρ (el) m (Mesintór), Θεριστής (el) m (Theristís)
• Hebrew: מֶסִידוֹר m (mesidór)
• Italian: messidoro m
• Japanese: メスィドール (mesidōru), 収穫月 (しゅうかくつき, shūkakutsuki)
• Korean: 수확달 (suhwakdal), 메시도르 (mesidoreu)
• Lithuanian: mesadoras m
• Malayalam: മെസിഡർ (mesiḍaṟ)
• Persian: مِسیدُر (mesidor)
• Polish: messidor (pl) m
• Portuguese: messidor (pt) m
• Russian: мессидо́р (ru) m (messidór)
• Spanish: mesidor m
• Swedish: messidor c, skördemånad (sv) c
• Ukrainian: мессідо́р m (messidór)
• Vietnamese: tháng gặt hái

See also

• Appendix:French Republican Calendar

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “‖Messidor”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 375, column 2.

Anagrams

• Mesidors, misdoers, osmerids