French Weather and Seasons Vocabulary

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French weather and seasons vocabulary — the four seasons, everyday weather conditions, and the impersonal phrases you need to talk about the weather — each with natural French, an English-friendly pronunciation guide, a usage example, and native-speaker audio.

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le printemps

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Seasons

Spring (m.)

le printemps

Pronunciation

luh pran-TAHN

What you'll learn

The French words for spring, summer, autumn, and winter
Core weather nouns such as sun, rain, snow, cloud, wind, storm, and fog
Weather adjectives for hot, cold, sunny, and cloudy, with their feminine forms
How to say it is nice, it is cold, it is raining, and it is snowing
Everyday phrases like quel temps fait-il ? and la météo
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Seasons · 5

le printemps/ luh pran-TAHN /: Spring (m.)
l'été/ lay-TAY /: Summer (m.)
l'automne/ loh-TON /: Autumn / Fall (m.)
l'hiver/ lee-VEHR /: Winter (m.)
la saison/ lah say-ZOHN /: Season (f.)

Weather Conditions · 13

le soleil/ luh soh-LEY /: Sun / sunshine (m.)
la pluie/ lah plWEE /: Rain (f.)
la neige/ lah NEHZH /: Snow (f.)
le nuage/ luh new-AHZH /: Cloud (m.)
le vent/ luh VAHN /: Wind (m.)
le brouillard/ luh broo-YAR /: Fog (m.)
l'orage/ loh-RAHZH /: Storm / thunderstorm (m.)
la température/ lah tahn-pay-rah-TEWR /: Temperature (f.)
le temps/ luh TAHN /: Weather (m.); le temps also means 'time'
chaud/ SHOH /: Hot / warm (m.); f. chaude
froid/ FRWAH /: Cold (m.); f. froide
ensoleillé/ ahn-soh-lay-YAY /: Sunny (m.); f. ensoleillée
nuageux/ new-ah-ZHUH /: Cloudy (m.); f. nuageuse

Weather Phrases · 6

Il fait beau./ eel fay BOH /: The weather is nice / It is nice out
Il fait froid./ eel fay FRWAH /: It is cold (out)
Il pleut./ eel PLUH /: It is raining (verb: pleuvoir)
Il neige./ eel NEHZH /: It is snowing (verb: neiger)
Quel temps fait-il ?/ kel tahn fay-TEEL /: What is the weather like?
la météo/ lah may-tay-OH /: The weather forecast / weather report (f.)