matinée

See also: matinee, Matinee, mâtinée, and Matinée

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French matinée.

Noun

matinée (plural matinées)

1. Alternative spelling of matinee

Anagrams

• etamine, mateine

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French

Etymology

From Middle French matinee, from Old French matinee, ultimately from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”), from Mātūta (“goddess of morning”). Equivalent to matin (“morning”) +‎ -ée (“contained by, duration of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ti.ne/

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Noun

matinée f (plural matinées)

1. morning (time between sunrise and noon)

   Pendant toute la matinée, il n’a pas arrêté de pleuvoir.

   Throughout the morning, the rain did not stop.

   Synonyms: matin, avant-midi (regional)

2. matinee (showing of a movie or performance before evening)

   Coordinate term: soirée (“evening showing”)

3. (dated) matinee (women's dress)

Usage notes

matin connotes a specific moment in the morning, while matinée connotes the entire duration of the morning.

Derived terms

• bonne matinée
• grasse matinée

 

Descendants

• → English: matinee
• → Italian: matinée
• → Norwegian Bokmål: matiné
• → Portuguese: matinê
• → Spanish: matiné
• → Turkish: matine

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• aménité, étamine

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Italian

Noun

matinée f (invariable)

1. a theatrical show that takes place in the morning or afternoon
2. matinee jacket

Anagrams

• ematine, emetina, meniate, metanie

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Portuguese

Noun

matinée f (plural matinées)

1. Dated form of matinê.