What does "prairial" mean?

ninth month of the Revolutionary calendar (May and June); the month of meadows

Prairial

Common synonyms include: calendar-based, date-based, grassland, meadowy, ninth month, prairial month.

/pɹɛɹˈjɑl/ name

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Noun

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ninth month of the Revolutionary calendar (May and June); the month of meadows wordnet

Proper Noun

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The ninth month of the French Republican Calendar, from May 20 or 21 to June 18 or 19. historical

Borrowed from French prairial, from prairie (“meadow, prairie, pasture”) + -al.