thermidor
French, noun/tɛʁ.mi.dɔʁ/
thermidor is spelled T-H-E-R-M-I-D-O-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thermidor is a French masculine noun meaning “Thermidor (the eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Onzième mois du calendrier républicain, qui commençait le 19 juillet et finissait le 18 août”.
What does thermidor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineThermidor (the eleventh 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. Onzième mois du calendrier républicain, qui commençait le 19 juillet et finissait le 18 août.
adjective: 1. Cuisiné avec une sauce crème, moutarde, et fromage gratiné.
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 thermidor
- thermidors plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thermidor?
- /tɛʁ.mi.dɔʁ/
- \tɛʁ.mi.dɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is thermidor in French?
thermidor appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).