PLUVIOSE - Definition

Pronunciation:		'ploovee`ows
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] fifth month of the Revolutionary calendar (January and February); the rainy month

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	See Also:	Revolutionary calendar, Revolutionary calendar month

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Plu`vi`[^o]se"\, n. [F. See {Pluvious}.] The fifth month of the French republican calendar adopted in 1793. It began January 20, and ended February 18. See {Vend['e]miaire}.