VENTOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ventose mean? 

• VENTOSE (noun)
  The noun VENTOSE has 1 sense:

1. sixth month of the Revolutionary calendar (February and March); the windy month

  Familiarity information: VENTOSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENTOSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sixth month of the Revolutionary calendar (February and March); the windy month

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Ventose" is a kind of...):

Revolutionary calendar month (a month in the Revolutionary calendar)

Holonyms ("Ventose" is a part of...):

Revolutionary calendar (the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792)