Etymology

Prairial

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Today it means: The ninth month of the French Republican Calendar, from May 20 or 21 to June 18 or 19. Full definition →

French prairial
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  1. French · borrowed fromprairial
  2. English todayPrairial

Borrowed from French prairial, from prairie (“meadow, prairie, pasture”) + -al.

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