thermidor

See also: Thermidor

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”) + 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, w:Condoleezza Rice, Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom. New York: Grand Central Publishing. p. 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.