canicule meaning

• Noun: canicule
  1. The hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity
     - dog days, canicular days

  Derived forms: canicules

  See also: canicular

  Type of: period, period of time, time period

  Part of: summer, summertime

Examples

1. In 2003 he published a book entitled " Canicules " in which he describes the French health system and its inefficiency in solving numerous problems.
2. Armand s novels include " Clair Obscur " ( 2011 ); " Breakfast at Midnight " ( 2012 ), critically acclaimed and described by critics as a  twisted, brilliantly savage acid noir and a  wonderfully executed nod to Kafka s special brand of disorienting surrealism; " Canicule " ( 2013 ); " Cairo " ( 2014 ), which was shortlisted for the Guardian s Not the Booker Prize 2014, and, most recently, " Abacus " ( 2015 ).