What is 'summer' in French?

Answer 1

The word été is a French equivalent of 'summer'. It's pronounced 'ay-tay'. It's a masculine noun whose definite article is 'le'* ['the'], and whose indefinite article is 'un' ['a, one'].

*The vowel 'e' temporarily is dropped in 'le' when it's followed by a word that begins with a vowel. The temporary nature of the dropped letter is indicated by the apostrophe.
été