matinée
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]matinée (plural matinées)
- Alternative spelling of matinee
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French matinee f, from Old French matinee f, ultimately from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”), from Mātūta f (“goddess of morning”). Equivalent to matin m (“morning”) + -ée (“contained by, duration of”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]matinée f (plural matinées)
- morning (time between sunrise and noon)
- Synonyms: matin m, avant-midi m (regional)
- Pendant toute la matinée, il n’a pas arrêté de pleuvoir.
- Throughout the morning, the rain did not stop.
- matinee (showing of a movie or performance before evening)
- Coordinate term: soirée f (“evening showing”)
- (dated) matinee (women's dress)
Usage notes
[edit]matin m connotes a specific moment in the morning, while matinée f connotes the entire duration of the morning.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: matinee
- → Italian: matinée
- → Korean: 마티네 (matine)[1]
- → Norwegian Bokmål: matiné
- → Ottoman Turkish: ماتینه (matine)
- Turkish: matine
- → Portuguese: matinê
- → Spanish: matiné
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “matinée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]matinée f (invariable)
- a theatrical show that takes place in the morning or afternoon
- matinee jacket
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]matinée f (plural matinées)
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