Calendar
Days of the week
Monday - lundi
Tuesday - mardi
Wednesday - mercredi
Thursday - jeudi
Friday - vendredi
Saturday - samedi
Sunday - dimanche
:
- The French week starts on Monday.
- French days of the week are not capitalized.
- les jours de la semaine – days of the week (all seven days)
- les jours de semaine aka jours ouvrables – weekdays (5 days: Monday to Friday)
Months of the year
January - janvier
February - février
March - mars
April - avril
May - mai
June - juin
July - juillet
August - août
September - septembre
October - octobre
November - novembre
December - décembre
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French months are not capitalized either. To talk about something that happens in a certain month, use the preposition en:
Seasons
Spring - printemps
Summer - été
Fall/Autumn - automne
Winter - hiver
All French calendar words – days, months, seasons – are masculine. To talk about something that happens in a certain season, use au for printemps and en for the rest: