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Le septième mois de l'année est juillet.

Le septième mois de l'année est juillet.
The seventh month of the year is July.
From Lesson 231:Ordinal numbers·French

Breakdown of Le septième mois de l'année est juillet.

être
to be
le mois
the month
l'année
the year (f)
juillet
July
septième
seventh

Questions & Answers about Le septième mois de l'année est juillet.

Why isn't juillet capitalized?
In French, months of the year and days of the week are not capitalized unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence. So it is juillet, not Juillet.
Why do we use l'année here instead of l'an?
While both mean year, année is used to emphasize the duration or the span of time. When talking about the calendar year as a container of months, l'année is the standard choice. An is mostly used with specific numbers to count years, like when telling your age.
How do you form words like septième?
To make ordinal numbers like seventh or eighth, you generally just add the ending -ième to the number. For sept, it becomes septième. Keep in mind that the p in both sept and septième is completely silent!
Is mois plural here because it ends in an s?
No, mois is singular here. It is a French word that naturally ends in an s in its singular form. To make it plural, you do not change the spelling at all: un mois (one month) is spelled exactly the same as deux mois (two months).

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