matinee

See also: Matinee, matinée, mâtinée, and Matinée

English

Alternative forms

• matinée (pedantic); mat (dated slang)

Etymology

From French matinée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmætɪˌneɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

matinee (plural matinees)

1. A showing of a movie, sporting event, or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon.
   • 2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135:

     59 sneak in some red Smuggle a bottle of wine, two glasses, and a corkscrew into a long matinee. Red wine is rich in life-extending antioxidants, and the caper will add zest even to a bad movie.

2. (dated) A woman's dress to be worn in the morning or before dinner.
   • 1906, Dry Goods Guide, volumes 17-18, page 70:

     Empire matinees in lingerie stuffs with trimmings of lace and embroidery are shown in great variety.

Derived terms

• mat
• matinee coat, matinée coat
• matinee idol, matinée idol
• matinee jacket, matinée jacket

Translations

a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the afternoon

• Armenian: ցերեկույթ (hy) (cʻerekuytʻ)
• Bulgarian: матине́ (bg) n (matiné)
• Czech: matiné (cs) n
• Finnish: matinea (fi)
• French: matinée (fr) f
• German: Matinee (de) f, Matinée (de) f
• Interlingua: matinée
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: matiné m, matine m

  Nynorsk: matiné m, matine m

• Polish: popołudniówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: matinê (pt) f
• Russian: дневно́й сеа́нс m (dnevnój seáns)
• Spanish: matiné (es) f, matinal (es) f
• Turkish: matine (tr)

Verb

matinee (third-person singular simple present matinees, present participle matineeing, simple past and past participle matineed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To put on a matinee performance (of).

Anagrams

• etamine, mateine

Middle French

Etymology

Old French matinee.

Noun

matinee f (plural matinees)

1. morning

Descendants

• French: matinée

Old French

Noun

matinee oblique singular, f (oblique plural matinees, nominative singular matinee, nominative plural matinees)

1. morning

Descendants

• Middle French: matinee
  • French: matinée
• Norman: matinaïe (Guernsey)