matin
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English matyn, from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”).
AdjectiveEdit
matin (not comparable)
- of or relating to matins
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle French matin, from Latin mātūtīnum (“the morning”).
NounEdit
matin (plural matins)
- (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 606515358, [Act I, scene v], lines 89–91, page 258, column 1:
- The Glow-worme ſhowes the Matine to be neere, / And gins to pale his vneffectuall Fire : / Adue, adue, Hamlet : remember me.
SynonymsEdit
- foreday, morn; see also Thesaurus:morning
Related termsEdit
- matinee
- matins
- matitudinal
- matutinal
- matutinary (chiefly US, rare)
- matutine
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
VerbEdit
matin
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
matin
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”), from Matuta, Roman goddess of morning.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
matin m (plural matins)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “matin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
VerbEdit
matin
- Alternative form of maten (“to overpower”)
Middle FrenchEdit
NounEdit
matin m (plural matins)
NormanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- matîn (Jersey)
EtymologyEdit
From Old French matin, from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”), from Mātūta (“goddess of morning”).
NounEdit
matin m (plural matins)
OccitanEdit
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
matin m (plural matins)
Old FrenchEdit
NounEdit
matin m (oblique plural matins, nominative singular matins, nominative plural matin)