matinée
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
matinée (plural matinées)
- Alternative spelling of matinee
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited 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 edit
Noun edit
matinée f (plural matinées)
- morning (time between sunrise and noon)
- Synonyms: matin, avant-midi (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 (“evening showing”)
- (dated) matinee (women's dress)
Usage notes edit
matin connotes a specific moment in the morning, while matinée connotes the entire duration of the morning.
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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.
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Italian edit
Noun edit
matinée f (invariable)
- a theatrical show that takes place in the morning or afternoon
- matinee jacket
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Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ma‧ti‧née
Noun edit
matinée f (plural matinées)