matineux

French

FWOTD – 30 March 2014

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ti.nø/

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• Rhymes: -ø

Adjective

matineux (feminine matineuse, masculine plural matineux, feminine plural matineuses)

1. That is habitually an early riser; early-rising
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter I:

     [I]l était de complexion robuste, maigre de corps, sec de visage, fort matineux et grand ami de la chasse.

     [H]e was of a robust complexion, thin in the body, lean in the face, very early-rising and a friend of hunting.

Related terms

• matin

See also

• lève-tôt

Further reading

• “matineux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.