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fun fact: Thermidor - after which Sauce Thermidor and derived dishes like Lobster Themidor are named, is a month in the French Republican Calendar, specifically

fun fact: Thermidor - after which Sauce Thermidor and derived dishes like Lobster Themidor are named, is a month in the French Republican Calendar, specifically: the second month of summer, going approx. from mid-July to mid-August.

cdot2 3y ago
Even more fun fact. "Thermidor" as well as the other months on the Republican Calendar don't have any root word. They were made up whole cloth and intended to sound like Greek or Latin.
- arnmPZxRu4 3y ago
  Autumn: Vendémiaire (from French vendange, derived from Latin vindemia, "vintage"), starting 22, 23, or 24 September Brumaire (from French brume, "mist", from Latin brūma, "winter solstice; winter; winter cold"), starting 22, 23, or 24 October Frimaire (from French frimas, "frost"), starting 21, 22, or 23 November Winter: Nivôse (from Latin nivosus, "snowy"), starting 21, 22, or 23 December Pluviôse (from French pluvieux, derived from Latin pluvius, "rainy"), starting 20, 21, or 22 January Ventôse (from French venteux, derived from Latin ventosus, "windy"), starting 19, 20, or 21 February Spring: Germinal (from French germination), starting 20 or 21 March Floréal (from French fleur, derived from Latin flos, "flower"), starting 20 or 21 April Prairial (from French prairie, "meadow"), starting 20 or 21 May Summer: Messidor (from Latin messis, "harvest"), starting 19 or 20 June Thermidor (or Fervidor*) (from Greek thermon, "summer heat"), starting 19 or 20 July Fructidor (from Latin fructus, "fruit"), starting 18 or 19 August ??? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar
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- SllX 3y ago
  Even more fun fact: 9 Thermidor Year II is also when Robespierre was ousted and his reign of terror ceased. He would be executed the next day. This Republican calendar is also a source of headaches for students studying the French Revolution because while it didn’t stick, it stuck around long enough to matter and for historians to need to deal with it in primary sources.
- enkid 3y ago
  That may be true for other months, but "therme" is Greek for heat and Thermidor would be the hottest month of the calendar.
Anthony-G 3y ago
Neil Gaiman who introduced me to the French Republican Calendar in a story set during the French revolutionary period (The Sandman #29). I didn’t have easy access to an encylopedia (or the Internet) in the early nineties so Thermidor was the only month I knew for a long time.

cdot2 3y ago

Even more fun fact. "Thermidor" as well as the other months on the Republican Calendar don't have any root word. They were made up whole cloth and intended to sound like Greek or Latin.

arnmPZxRu4 3y ago
Autumn: Vendémiaire (from French vendange, derived from Latin vindemia, "vintage"), starting 22, 23, or 24 September Brumaire (from French brume, "mist", from Latin brūma, "winter solstice; winter; winter cold"), starting 22, 23, or 24 October Frimaire (from French frimas, "frost"), starting 21, 22, or 23 November Winter: Nivôse (from Latin nivosus, "snowy"), starting 21, 22, or 23 December Pluviôse (from French pluvieux, derived from Latin pluvius, "rainy"), starting 20, 21, or 22 January Ventôse (from French venteux, derived from Latin ventosus, "windy"), starting 19, 20, or 21 February Spring: Germinal (from French germination), starting 20 or 21 March Floréal (from French fleur, derived from Latin flos, "flower"), starting 20 or 21 April Prairial (from French prairie, "meadow"), starting 20 or 21 May Summer: Messidor (from Latin messis, "harvest"), starting 19 or 20 June Thermidor (or Fervidor*) (from Greek thermon, "summer heat"), starting 19 or 20 July Fructidor (from Latin fructus, "fruit"), starting 18 or 19 August ??? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar
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SllX 3y ago
Even more fun fact: 9 Thermidor Year II is also when Robespierre was ousted and his reign of terror ceased. He would be executed the next day. This Republican calendar is also a source of headaches for students studying the French Revolution because while it didn’t stick, it stuck around long enough to matter and for historians to need to deal with it in primary sources.
enkid 3y ago
That may be true for other months, but "therme" is Greek for heat and Thermidor would be the hottest month of the calendar.

Anthony-G 3y ago

Neil Gaiman who introduced me to the French Republican Calendar in a story set during the French revolutionary period (The Sandman #29). I didn’t have easy access to an encylopedia (or the Internet) in the early nineties so Thermidor was the only month I knew for a long time.