NIVÔSE


Meaning of NIVÔSE in English

/nee vohz"/ , n.

(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.

[ 1795-1805; nivosus snowy, equiv. to niv- (s. of nix ) snow + -osus -OSE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .