Did you know that France used a different calendar for a few years, after the French Revolution? This was called the French Republican Calendar and time had a whole different way of being divided (which is probably why it didn't last!). Find out more about the ideas behind the creation of the French Republican Calendar...and learn some vocabulary of course!

Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode

Le calendrier républicain / le calendrier révolutionnaire.

Vendémiaire

Vendanges: grape harvest

Brumaire

La brume = the mist

Frimaire

Nivôse

Pluviôse Pluvieux = rainy

Ventôse Venteux = windy

Germinal

Germer = to germinate, to sprout

Floréal

Une fleur = flower

Prairial

Une prairie = meadow

Messidor

La moisson = the harvest

Thermidor (or Fervidor)

Thermique = thermal

Un thermos = vacuum flask, Thermos bottle

La ferveur = fervour; ardour, enthusiasm

La fièvre = fever

Fructidor

LINKS and RESOURCES

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_Calendar

Episode 87 – "The origin of the days of the week (in French and more!)"

French Voices, Episode 52: Champagne Producing with Tristan Hyest

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