Seasons in French - Learn French
At times, you might want to talk about the seasons in French.
Season in French | Pronunciation | In English |
printemps | Listen pruhn/ tahn | spring |
été | Listen eh/teh | summer |
automne | Listen otone | autumn |
hiver | Listen hee/ver | winter |
Exemples:
- En hiver, il fait froid en France – In winter, it is cold in France.
- En été, il fait trop chaud à Paris – In summer, it is too hot in Paris.
- En automne, on ramasse les chataîgnes dans la fôret – In autumn, we pick up chesnuts in the forest.
- Au printemps, les fleurs bourgeonnent partout – in spring, flowers blossom everywhere.
More Considerations
To inquire about the seasons, use Quelle saison est-ce? (what's the season?).
As you can see in the examples above, the preposition "en" is used to express "in". The only exception is printemps, where "au" is used instead.