The months in Italian

The name of the months in Italian are pretty straightforward to learn. This is because both the English and Italian calendars are based on Latin words.

The biggest difference is in the writing: you don’t capitalize the name of the months in Italian.


So, what are the months in Italian?

Let’s begin with the word month itself, complete with definite article and plural form.

Il mese
The month

I mesi
The months


Now for the months themselves!

Gennaio
January

months in Italian - january - man in the middle of a snow storm

Febbraio
February

brasilian carnival mask - febbraio - february

Marzo
March

marzo - march - bird perched on a blooming tree

Aprile
April

aprile - april - Easter eggs basket

Maggio
May

maggio - may - white flowers

Giugno
June

beach umbrella - giugno - june

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Luglio
July

luglio - july - two people sunbasking at the beach

Agosto
August

agosto - august - woman waving at the beach, close to a white umbrella

Settembre
September

settembre - september - school from outside

Ottobre
October

months in Italian - ottobre - halloween pumpkin

Novembre
November

november - novembre - chilly weather

Dicembre
December

dicembre - december - merry christmas from santa claus and a reindeer

Example sentences featuring the months in Italian

Luca è nato il 6 gennaio.
Luca was born on January 6th.

In che mese sei nato?
Which month were you born in?


I want to add one treat before we wrap up our lesson. You’ll surely know the nursery rhyme that goes Thirty Days Hath September… well, Italian has its own song too!

Trenta giorni ha novembre
Thirty days has November

con april, giugno e settembre.
with April, June and September.

Di ventotto ce n’è uno,
of twenty-eight days there’s one

tutti gli altri ne han trentuno!
all the others have thirty-one!


What next?

Now that you’ve seen how to say the name of the months in Italian, you might want to keep learning Italian online with these free Italian resources:

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