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July¹

  • /d͡ʒʊˈlaɪ/ UK
  • /d͡ʒuˈlaɪ/ UK
  • /d͡ʒəˈlaɪ/ UK
  • /d͡ʒəˈlaɪ/ US
  • /d͡ʒuˈlaɪ/ US
  • /dʒuːˈlɑːj/ India, North
  • [dʒuː.läːj] India, North
  • /ˈdʒuː.ləj/ India, South
  • [dʒuː.lɐj] India, South

Rhymes with -aɪ

Where it comes from

From Middle English Julie, julius, julye, from Anglo-Norman julie, from Old French jule, juil, from Latin iūlius (Gaius Julius Caesar's month), perhaps a contraction of *Iovilios, "descended from Jove".

proper noun Julies · Julys · Jul · Jul. · JUL

  1. The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August. Holonyms: calendar year; year

    Similar: Seventh Month

  2. uncommon A female given name from English. By 1880, in his early to middle twenties, he had married a literate woman named July, who would be his first of three wives. Riley continued to live close to his parents, James and Frances, whose house was just three doors down and who still had four of their own children living with them in additio

July²

Where it comes from

A translation of the French surname Juillet.

proper noun Julys

  1. A surname from French.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: june, september, january, november, april, october, december, february, month, mid-july, seven, aug, julio, jun, jul, vii

Translations

Every language

name seventh month of the Gregorian calendar

Españoljulio
한국어7월 chirwol, 칠월 chirwol
日本語七月 shichigatsu, 文月
中文七月 /7月 qīyuè
हिन्दीजूलाई jūlāī
KiswahiliJulai
Portuguêsjulho
Françaisjuillet
DeutschJuli, Heuert
Italianoluglio
ΕλληνικάΙούλιος Ioúlios
Românăiulie, cuptor
Русскийию́ль ijúlʹ
Tiếng Việttháng bảy, tháng 7
العربيةيُولِيُو yūliyō, تَمُّوز tammūz
עבריתיוּלִי yúli

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@misc{july_2026,
  title = {July},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/july},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}