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Thermidor

/ˈθɜːmɪdɔː/US/ˈθɝmədɔɹ/

Thermidor proper noun: the eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar, from July 19 or 20 to August 17 or 18.

Proper noun

Thermidor (plural Thermidors)

  1. (historical) The eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar, from July 19 or 20 to August 17 or 18.
    Synonyms:
    (obsolete) Fervidor

Noun

Thermidor (plural Thermidors)

  1. A counterrevolution; a coup d'état resembling the Thermidorian Reaction.
    • According to Sartre — this was a famous polemic — Camus had now made his Thermidor (counter-revolution) by attempting to stand outside or above history;2003, David Caute, The Dancer Defects: The Struggle for Cultural Supremacy during the Cold War, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 329
    • So the author, after seeking vainly between the editions of 1938 and 1965 a peg on which to hang his Thermidor, in the end gave up and labeled the Russian case "permanent revolution," without, however, explaining how this aberrant outcome of the Bolshevik fever came about.2008, Martin Malia, Terence Emmons, History's Locomotives: Revolutions and the Making of the Modern World, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 304

Thermidor meaning in Marathi, Malayalam, Arabic and Persian

Thermidor in Marathi

the eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar
तेर्मिदोर termidor

Thermidor in Malayalam

the eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar
തെർമിഡർ teṟmiḍaṟ

Thermidor in Arabic

the eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar
تِيرْمِيدُور tīrmīdūr

Thermidor in Persian

the eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar
تِرمیدُر termidor
More languagesFewer languages
Thermidor in Vietnamese
tháng nóng

Synonyms of Thermidor

  • (obsolete) Fervidor

Forms of Thermidor

Proper noun
pluralThermidors
Noun
pluralThermidors

Origin of Thermidor

Borrowed from French thermidor, from Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).

Words formed from Thermidor

Words that rhyme with Thermidor

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Questions about Thermidor

What does Thermidor mean?
Thermidor means the eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar, from July 19 or 20 to August 17 or 18.
What is Thermidor in Marathi?
Thermidor in Marathi is तेर्मिदोर (termidor). See Thermidor meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Thermidor?
Thermidor can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Thermidor?
Thermidor is pronounced /ˈθɜːmɪdɔː/ (UK).

Words near Thermidor in the dictionary

  1. thermic siphons
  2. thermic syphon
  3. thermic syphons
  4. thermical
  5. thermically
  6. Thermidor
  7. Thermidorean
  8. Thermidoreans
  9. Thermidorian
  10. Thermidorians
  11. Thermidors

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