Thermidor

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Thermidor

  • /ˈθɜːmɪdɔː/ UK
  • /ˈθɝmədɔɹ/ US

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

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

proper noun Thermidors

  1. historical The eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar, from July 19 or 20 to August 17 or 18.

    Similar: (obsolete) Fervidor

noun 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;

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name the eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar

Españoltermidor
한국어열달 yeoldal, 테르미도르 tereumidoreu
日本語テルミドール terumidōru, 熱月 netsutsuki
中文熱月 /热月 Rèyuè
Portuguêstermidor
Françaisthermidor
DeutschThermidor, Hitzemonat
Italianotermidoro
ΕλληνικάΤερμιντόρ Termintór, Θερμιδώρ Thermidór
Русскийтермидо́р termidór
Tiếng Việttháng nóng
العربيةتِيرْمِيدُور tīrmīdūr
עבריתתֶּרְמִידוֹר termidór

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@misc{thermidor_2026,
  title = {Thermidor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thermidor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}