the month of flowers: the eighth month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from April 21 to May 20
Word origin
C19: ultimately from Latin flōreus of flowers, from flōs a flower
Floréal in American English
(flɔʀeiˈal)
noun
(in the French Revolutionary calendar)
the eighth month of the year, extending from April 20 to May 19
Word origin
[1795–1805; ‹ F ‹ L flōre(us) of flowers (flōr-, s. of flōs flower + -eus adj. suffix) + F -al-al1]This word is first recorded in the period 1795–1805. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: hopscotch, sensitivity, sharpshooter, steeplechase, unilateral