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Vendémiaire

[ vahn-dey-myer ]

noun

  1. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the first month of the year, extending from September 22 to October 21.


Vendémiaire

/ vɑ̃demjɛr /

noun

  1. the month of the grape harvest: the first month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from Sept 23 to Oct 22


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Vendémiaire1

< French, equivalent to vendémi- (< Latin vindēmia vintage) + -aire -ary

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Vendémiaire1

C18: from French, from Latin vindēmia vintage, from vīnum wine + dēmere to take away

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Example Sentences

But I will not conceal from you that your letters of the 2d and 3d Vendémiaire, just received, surprised me much.

But it is fairly certain that in Paris they could not alone have fomented a discontent so general as that of Vendémiaire.

We left him in Fructidor disgraced: we find him in the middle of Vendémiaire leading part of the forces of the Convention.

Bourrienne states that in his later days the victor deeply regretted his action in this day of Vendémiaire.

Of all the events of his post-Corsican life, Buonaparte need surely never have felt compunctions for Vendémiaire.

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