"We hire especially in the spring."

Translation: Nous embauchons surtout au printemps.

[Martina786815]

Why can't one say, en printemps? Like we are able to say, en Avril.

[Maddrex]

Hi! I search on the French Web and that's what I found c:

In the past language of French, we can say: en l'été , en l'hiver, en l'automne, but en le printemps

Today we say (by the contraction of en + l' ): en été, en hiver, en automne, they just loose the l' because we can't say au hiver, au automne and au été.

(and by the contraction of en + le ): au printemps

So, the answer of the question is historical! (I learn English. I can make some errors, hope you will understand! )

[BenjaminOgunsade]

One can use the Google ngrams chart to see the current usage of certain phrases

[Bee935127]

What are those?

[petemehegan]

You say en hiver, en automne, en été...they all begin with vowels. But in the spring is au printemps.

[BrandonChang89]

Spécialement rejected?

[Lingolizard]

Why not "nous employons (...)"?

[petemehegan]

Employer means to use, not to hire.

[Sucy-en-Brie94]

On embauche en particulier au printemps. Accepted :)

[fH6lclhu]

Why....Principalement, nous embauchons au printemps... is not acceptable?

[STRADS1551]

"Spécialement" (especially), "particulièrement" (particularly) & "surtout" (above all) are more or less the same. But "notamment" (notably) & "principalement" (mainly) have a slightly different meaning.

[petemehegan]

I think DL takes exception to "spécialement..."

[petemehegan]

When we hire generally in the spring every year, nous embauchons surtout le printemps.. This needs to be addressed.

[lequeuxb]

Pourquoi ne pas accepter engageons