Your French Year: Months of the Year in French and How to Use Them (+Free PDF)

How do you build your French vocabulary? Is it with apps? Or perhaps by playing addictive games?

And have you ever thought about building and improving your vocabulary practicing months in French? It might sound odd, indeed, but months in French can actually help you learn more words and phrases.

Even though learning months in French is usually reserved for beginners, intermediate students can also find it pretty useful.

If you want to try a new way of improving your French vocabulary, stay with us because you will see how even the simplest things can be handy. And when you learn all the phrases from this post, you can practice pronunciation with our French tutors.

Now, let's dive in.

Months of the Year in French to Improve Your French Vocabulary

If you want to know how months in French can help you improve your French vocabulary, take a look at the following lines. Moreover, you can download and save the Vocabulary list in the PDF completely for free, and use it whenever you want.

Bonus: Download a free PDF with months of the year in French

Janvier (January)

It still isn’t too late to say ‘Bonne année!’ which means ‘Happy New Year.’ Many of us are full of optimism and ready to have a fresh start. We are still optimistic about the ‘resólutions’ (resolutions) we want to stick to.

Also, in France, people celebrate the ‘6 janvier,’ which is the holiday called ‘L' Èpiphanie,’ the time of the year when Wise Men visited Jesus. This time of year is well-known for ‘une galette des rois’ or ‘a king's cake.’ The person who gets the figure from the slice is ‘Le Roi,’ ‘the king.’

Février ( February)

Ah, 'amour'( love)!

‘En février,’(in February) everything is in signs and symbols of love. Even though not as popular as in the USA, ‘le jour de la Saint- Valentin’ (St. Valentine's Day) is gladly celebrated in French-speaking countries. And even ‘l'hiver’ (winter) can't do anything to the lovebirds and saying ‘I love you’ in French, that is ‘Je t’aime.’

Mars (March)

En mars, everything is ‘vert’ (green). French like to celebrate ‘La fête de la Saint- Patrick’ ( Saint Patrick's day), where they drink ‘une bière’ (a beer) and hope to get the luck of the Irish.

Winter is slowly packing its things and preparing to be replaced by the sweet and pastel spring, where the French can show their sense of fashion.

Avril (April)

‘Le printemps’ (spring) is definitely here or at least its rainy part. ‘Il pleut’ or ‘It's raining,’ you will use a lot this month.

This is also the time of the year when we can't wait for ‘les Pâques’ (Easter) to come so that we can color ‘les oeufs’ (eggs) and enjoy ‘en chocolat’ (chocolate).

Mai (May)

In ‘mai,’ thousands of people gather to pay respect to the workers from the past who gave their best efforts so that today we are being respected in our workplaces. Many of them also fight for more and better rights.

While ‘en Avril’ (in April) the spring was there but not quite, in ‘mai,’ it is fully equipped with flowers and sunny days.

Mai is also the month when ‘Festival de Cannes’ takes place, which is one of the largest ‘festival de cinéma’ ( film festivals).

Juin (June)

‘En juin’ (in June) kids have the reason to be happy because at the end of this month ‘l’ecole’ (school) is over and ‘l’éte’ is getting near.

This is also the time of the year when the day is longest, which is called ‘solstice d’été’ or ‘summer solstice.’

Young people are also particularly happy because, in June, many of them are attending ‘un festival de musique’ (a music festival).

Juillet (July)

Many French countries celebrate their national days ‘en juillet’ (in July). On 1st July Canada Day and 14th July ‘Prise de la Bastille (the storming of the Bastille)’ are just some of the important holidays to celebrate.

Août (August)

‘L’éte’ is in its full equipment. Days are hot and long and it seems that everyone doesn’t do anything but ‘se reposer’ (to relax). Or at least that’s how ‘l’août’ looks like in France.

So, if you are planning to visit this country, choose some other month because hotels will surely be fully booked.

Septembre (September)

While summer closely comes to an end and ‘septembre’ opens the door to ‘l’automne’ (autumn), it doesn’t necessarily mean the fun is over. ‘L’école’ starts and ‘les élèves’ (school students) and ‘les étudiants’ (college students) are heading back to their knowledge book but ‘amis’ (friends) as well.

Octobre (October)

We are all very excited when ‘octobre’ comes. Everything is in pumpkin style because, at the end of this month, we celebrate one of the favorite holidays, Halloween. Or at least that’s what many countries are doing.

The French, on the other hand, don’t celebrate this holiday that much, but they enjoy watching scary movies or getting in the spirit with Halloween phrases. After all, it’s always fun to learn to pronounce ‘Friandises ou bêtises!’ (Trick or treat).

Novembre (November)

‘En novembre’ (in November), ‘les feuilles’ (the leaves) aren’t only ‘orange et marron’ (orange and brown) but they also have already fallen from the trees.

Even though French people don’t celebrate Thanksgiving Day, in November they also have one of their important holidays, l’Armistice de la Première Guerre mondiale’ (Armistice Day of the First World War). Celebrating this holiday, they pay respect to ‘les soldats’ (soldiers) who gave their lives in World War II.

Décembre (December)

And the last ‘mois’ (month) of the year has come.

The whole month is on holidays and preparing for the ‘Noël’ (Christmas) and ‘la Nouvelle année’(New Year).

Oh, we mustn’t forget about the one particularly favorite holiday in December French people like so much. On 6th December, they celebrate ‘la Saint-Nicolas’ (Saint Nicolas). On this day, parents give their kids ‘les bonbons’ (candies).

Final Thoughts

Do you see how twelve simple months can help you improve your French vocabulary?

Admit that you didn't believe that was possible.

And now, you see that the simplest things are the most helpful ones. So, never underestimate their power.

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