Floréal

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Floréal is the eighth springtime month of the French Republican Calendar, named to evoke the flowering period of the year.

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Label Occurrences
Floréal canonical 3

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Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf calendar month
month of the French Republican Calendar
associatedConcept agricultural cycle
flowers
springtime
calendarEra French Revolution
surface form: French Revolutionary Era
calendarType revolutionary calendar
countryOfOrigin France
endYearOfOfficialUse 1805
etymology derived from Latin "flos" meaning "flower"
follows Germinal
groupedIn spring quarter of the French Republican Calendar
hasAlternativeSpelling Floreal
hasNumberOfDays 30
introducedBy French First Republic
languageOfName French
nameMeaning related to flowering period of the year
partOf French Republican Calendar
positionInYear eighth month
precedes Prairial
quarter second quarter of the French Republican Calendar
season spring
startYearOfUse 1793
typicalGregorianCorrespondence late April to late May
usedFor dating documents in Revolutionary France
usedIn France

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Germinal precedes Floréal
Prairial follows Floréal