le février

Meaning (in English)

Février means February, the second month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It has 28 days, or 29 days in a leap year (année bissextile).

Parts / structure

• février is a single word (a noun), not usually analyzed into meaningful “parts” in modern French.
• It comes from Latin februarius (linked to purification rites in ancient Rome).

Usage notes

• It is used with the definite article in many common expressions: en février (“in February”).
• Like all French month names, it is not capitalized in French: février (unless starting a sentence).

French synonyms

There is no real synonym for the month name février in modern French. (Month names generally don’t have synonyms.)

French antonyms

No true antonym (a month name doesn’t have an opposite). If needed in contrast, people may refer to other months (e.g., janvier, mars), but these are not antonyms.