matinée

Borrowed from French matinée.

matinée (plural matinées)

1. Alternative spelling of matinee.

• etamine, mateine

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ma.ti.ne/

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matinée f (plural matinées)

1. 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.

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

   Coordinate term: soirée f (“evening showing”)

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

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

• matin m
• matinal
• matutinal

• → English: matinee
• → Italian: matinée
• → Korean: 마티네 (matine)^[1]
• → Norwegian Bokmål: matiné
• → Ottoman Turkish: ماتینه (matine)
  • Turkish: matine
• → Portuguese: matinê
• → Spanish: matiné

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

• aménité, étamine

matinée f (invariable)

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

• ematine, emetina, meniate, metanie

matinée f (plural matinées)

1. dated form of matinê