matin

See also: Matin, matîn, and mâtin

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin matutinum (“the morning”), matutinus (“of the morning”).

Adjective

matin (not comparable)

1. of or relating to matins

Noun

matin (plural matins)

1. (obsolete) morning
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v], page 258, column 1, lines 89–91:

     The Glow-worme ſhowes the Matine to be neere, / And gins to pale his vneffectuall Fire : / Adue, adue, Hamlet : remember me.

Related terms

• matins

Anagrams

• Maint., Manti, manti, tamin

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Catalan

Verb

matin

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Finnish

Noun

matin

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of matti

Anagrams

• minat, mitan, namit

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Inherited from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”), from Matuta, Roman goddess of morning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tɛ̃/

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /ma.tẽ/
• Homophones: mâtin, mâtins (most accents)

Noun

matin m (plural matins)

1. morning

Derived terms

Derived terms

• matinal
• matinée
• matines

• petit matin
• réveille-matin, réveil-matin

Related terms

• matinée

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• maint, minât, mitan

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Middle French

Noun

matin m (plural matins)

1. morning

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Norman

Alternative forms

• matîn (Jersey)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French matin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”), from Mātūta (“goddess of morning”).

Noun

matin m (plural matins)

1. (Guernsey, continental Normandy) morning

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Occitan

Noun

matin m (plural matins)

1. morning

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Old French

Noun

matin oblique singular, m (oblique plural matins, nominative singular matins, nominative plural matin)

1. morning

Synonyms

• matinee