messidor
French, noun/mɛ.si.dɔʁ/
messidor is spelled M-E-S-S-I-D-O-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Messidor is a French masculine noun meaning “Messidor (the tenth month of the French Republican Calendar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dixième mois du calendrier républicain, qui commençait le 19 ou le 20 juin”.
What does messidor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineMessidor (the tenth month of the French Republican Calendar)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dixième mois du calendrier républicain, qui commençait le 19 ou le 20 juin. 2. Se dit d’une lourde imitation des styles antiques, en vogue sous le Directoire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of messidor
- messidors plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce messidor?
- /mɛ.si.dɔʁ/
- /me.si.dɔʁ/
- \me.si.dɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is messidor in French?
messidor appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).