prairial

See also: Prairial

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Prairial (superseded, dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from French prairial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌprɛ.riˈɑl/
• Hyphenation: prai‧ri‧al
• Rhymes: -ɑl

Noun

prairial ? (uncountable)

1. (historical) Prairial

Related terms

• prairie
• prieel

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French

Etymology

From prairie (“meadow, prairie, pasture”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɛ.ʁjal/ ~ /pʁe.ʁjal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

prairial (feminine prairiale, masculine plural prairiaux, feminine plural prairiales)

1. Relating to pastures, grasslands.

Noun

prairial m (plural prairials)

1. (historical) Prairial (the ninth month of French Republican Calendar)

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

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