Prairial is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Prairial in a sentence
Prairial meaning
The ninth month of the French Republican Calendar, from May 20 or 21 to June 18 or 19.
Synonyms of Prairial
Using Prairial
- The main meaning on this page is: The ninth month of the French Republican Calendar, from May 20 or 21 to June 18 or 19.
- Useful related words include: revolutionary calendar month.
- In the example corpus, prairial often appears in combinations such as: prairial may.
Context around Prairial
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prairial
- In this selection, "prairial" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 33.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, frigate stand out and add context to how "prairial" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at vendôme prairial 8 27 and french frigate prairial was steaming. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prairial" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prairial
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Babeuf and Darthé were guillotined the next day at Vendôme, Prairial 8 (27 May 1797), without appeal. (17 words)
On Prairial 7 (26 May 1797) Babeuf and Darthé were condemned to death; some of the prisoners, including Buonarroti, were deported ; the rest, including Vadier and his fellow-conventionals, were acquitted. (31 words)
On the other hand, while Macron was speaking after his state visit to China, the French frigate Prairial was steaming through the Taiwan Straits while the Chinese Communist Party was flexing its muscles with an encirclement exercise of the island. (40 words)
They had, between them, made the Law of 22 Prairial one of the charges against him, so that, after his fall, to advocate terror would be seen as adopting the policy of a convicted enemy of the republic, putting the advocate's own head at risk. (46 words)
On the other hand, while Macron was speaking after his state visit to China, the French frigate Prairial was steaming through the Taiwan Straits while the Chinese Communist Party was flexing its muscles with an encirclement exercise of the island. (40 words)
On Prairial 7 (26 May 1797) Babeuf and Darthé were condemned to death; some of the prisoners, including Buonarroti, were deported ; the rest, including Vadier and his fellow-conventionals, were acquitted. (31 words)
Example sentences (4)
On the other hand, while Macron was speaking after his state visit to China, the French frigate Prairial was steaming through the Taiwan Straits while the Chinese Communist Party was flexing its muscles with an encirclement exercise of the island.
Babeuf and Darthé were guillotined the next day at Vendôme, Prairial 8 (27 May 1797), without appeal.
On Prairial 7 (26 May 1797) Babeuf and Darthé were condemned to death; some of the prisoners, including Buonarroti, were deported ; the rest, including Vadier and his fellow-conventionals, were acquitted.
They had, between them, made the Law of 22 Prairial one of the charges against him, so that, after his fall, to advocate terror would be seen as adopting the policy of a convicted enemy of the republic, putting the advocate's own head at risk.
Common combinations with prairial
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: