Vendémiaire

[ vahn-dey-myer ]

/ vɑ̃ deɪˈmyɛr /

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

Origin of Vendémiaire

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

Even his fellow-regicides, even the authors of the slaughter of Vendemiaire and of the arrests of Fructidor, were ashamed of him.

The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4) |Thomas Babington Macaulay
He is the officer who commanded the troops of the Convention on the Thirteenth Vendemiaire.

Military Career of Napoleon the Great |Montgomery B. Gibbs
He signed Buonaparte even after the famous 13th Vendemiaire.

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete |Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
He had got the command of Paris in return for his share in the events of Vendemiaire.

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete |Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

The month of Vendemiaire is past, and our Directors still remain the same.

A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Part I. 1792 |An English Lady

Vendémiaire

/ French (vɑ̃demjɛr) /

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

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