July
Syllables: Ju·lyUK/d͡ʒʊˈlaɪ//d͡ʒəˈlaɪ/
July proper noun: the seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August.
Proper noun (1)
- The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August.
- Holonyms: calendar year; year
- From July 2025, the income assessment method for young couples buying BTO flats will be tweaked.2025 March 28, Ryan J, “HDB Just Made It Easier For Young Couples To Buy Flats: But Not Everyone Is Happy”, in STACKED
- Synonyms:
- Seventh Month
- 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...2004, Eric Arnesen, The Human Tradition in American Labor History, →ISBN, page 73
- In Prairie County, Arkansas, in March 1863, a black woman named July, born free in Tennessee but under indenture to a white man until she turned twenty-one, was brought before a circuit court when she was just short of reaching her age of freedom.2003, William C. Davis, Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America, →ISBN, page 153
Proper noun (2)
July (plural Julys)
- A surname from French.
July meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
July in Hindi
- seventh month of the Gregorian calendar
- जूलाई jūlāī
July in Tamil
- சூலை மாதம்
July in Marathi
- seventh month of the Gregorian calendar
- जुलै julai
July in Urdu
- seventh month of the Gregorian calendar
- جُولائی jūlāī
More languagesFewer languages
- July in Bengali
- জুলাই julai
- July in Telugu
- జూలై jūlai
- July in Malayalam
- ജൂലൈ jūlai
- July in Kannada
- ಜುಲೈ julai
- July in Punjabi
- ਜੁਲਾਈ julāī
- July in Gujarati
- જુલાઇ julāi
- July in Odia
- ଜୁଲାଇ julāi
- July in Sinhala
- ජූලි jūli
- July in Assamese
- জুলাই zulai
- July in Pashto
- جولای jolãy
- July in Tagalog
- Hulyo
- July in Arabic
- يُولِيُو yūliyō, تَمُّوز tammūz
- July in Malay
- julai
- July in Indonesian
- Juli
- July in Thai
- กรกฎาคม gà-rá-gà-daa-kom
- July in Vietnamese
- tháng bảy
- July in Myanmar
- ဇူလိုင် juluing, ခုနှစ်လ hku.hnacla.
- Dhivehi
- ޖުލައި julai
- Dzongkha
- སྤྱི་ཟླ་བདུན་པ། spyi zla bdun pa
Synonyms of July
Forms of July
| plural | Julies |
|---|---|
| plural | Julys |
| alternative abbreviation | Jul |
| alternative abbreviation | Jul. |
| alternative abbreviation | JUL |
Origin of July
From Middle English Julie, julye, iulius, 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".
A translation of the French surname Juillet.
Words formed from July
- Black July
- Christmas in July
- Fourth of July
- Holiday in July
- July 20 Plot
- July Cup
- July Days
- Julyish
- July Monarchy
- July Morning
- July Ordinances
- July Revolution
- July Stakes
- July Ultimatum
- mid-July
Phrases with July
Words that rhyme with July
Questions about July
- What does July mean?
- July means the seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August.
- What is July in Hindi?
- July in Hindi is जूलाई (jūlāī). See July meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is July?
- July is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce July?
- July is pronounced /d͡ʒʊˈlaɪ/ (UK).
Words near July in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: July (page history and authors); july (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಜುಲೈ (Kannada) (page history and authors); જુલાઇ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); জুলাই (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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