Pluviôse

American  

[ploo-vee-ohs, ply-vyohz] / ˈplu viˌoʊs, plüˈvyoʊz /

noun

1. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18.

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Pluviôse British  

/ plyvjoz /

noun

1. the rainy month: the fifth month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from Jan 21 to Feb 19

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Etymology

Origin of Pluviôse

1790–1800; < French < Latin pluviōsus rainy. See pluvious

Example Sentences

This 5th Pluviose, the year II. of the French Republic one and indivisible.

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It was headed, "List for the fifteenth Pluviose."

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The ideas of the almanac-makers came back to him also, and it was splendid to hear him talk of the "Pluviose" the season of rains, of "Nivose" the season of snows, of "Ventose" season of winds, and "Floreal, Prairial, and Fructidor."

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Upon the 3rd Pluviose,3 the vessels anchored in the Bay of Rocks, in Tempest Bay, which they had visited the preceding year.

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Early in the morning of the 26th Pluviose the two vessels weighed anchor, entered D'Entrecasteaux Strait, and, on the 5th of Ventose,4 anchored in Adventure Bay.

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