Floréal

[ flaw-rey-al ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the eighth month of the year, extending from April 20 to May 19.

Floréal

/ flɔreal /

the month of flowers: the eighth month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from April 21 to May 20

1795–1805; < French < Latin flōre ( us ) of flowers ( flōr-, stem of flōs flower + -eus adj. suffix) + French -al -al ¹

C19: ultimately from Latin flōreus of flowers, from flōs a flower

The decree of the Convention to the ſame effect paſſed about the 1ſt of Floreal.

The decree of the Convention to the same effect passed about the 1st of Floreal.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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