In French, the word for summer is été.
The pronunciation of été is similar to ‘ay-teh,’ where the first syllable sounds like the long ‘a’ in ‘day’, and the second syllable is soft and light. This word is used to refer to the season of summer, which typically spans from June to September in France and many other countries. When discussing the summer months, you might hear phrases like les mois d’été (the summer months) or les vacances d’été (summer vacation).