july
/d͡ʒəˈlaɪ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.17 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August.
name
A female given name from English.
name
A surname from French.
Example Sentences
- "Holonyms: calendar year; year"
- "From July 2025, the income assessment method for young couples buying BTO flats will be tweaked."
- "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 addition to a grandson."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Old Latin *Ioviliosder.? Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos)der.? Latin Iūlius Latin iūlius Old French jule Anglo-Norman juliebor. Middle English Julie English 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".
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /d͡ʒəˈlaɪ/
- British English: /d͡ʒʊˈlaɪ/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Black July
Christmas in July
Fourth of July
Holiday in July
July 20 Plot
July Cup
July Days
July Monarchy