Frimaire

American  

[free-mer] / friˈmɛr /

noun

1. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the third month of the year, extending from November 21 to December 20.

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Frimaire British  

/ frimɛr /

noun

1. the frosty month: the third month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from Nov 22 to Dec 21

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Etymology

Origin of Frimaire

1830–40; < French, equivalent to frim ( as ) hoarfrost, derivative of Old French frim (< Germanic; compare Old English hrim rime ² ) + -aire -ary

Example Sentences

Vendemiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire; or as one might say, in mixed English, Vintagearious, Fogarious, Frostarious: these are our three Autumn months.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

MILAN, the 8th Frimaire, Year V., eight o'clock, evening.

From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

"Manuscrit aqui du Cen Papillon au commencement du mois de Frimaire de lan XII. de la R�publique."

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

Beginning with the new year on the 22nd of September the autumn months were Vend�miaire, the month of vintage, Brumaire, the months of fog, and Frimaire, 171 the month of frost.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

While Josephine, with joyous pride was receiving this homage, Bonaparte, gloomy and murmuring, sat in his cabinet at Milan, and wrote to her: "MILAN, the 7th Frimaire, Year V.,"

From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)