matinal
French, adjective/ma.ti.nal/
matinal is spelled M-A-T-I-N-A-L (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 23,140th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matinal is a French adjective meaning “morning; matinal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au matin”.
What does matinal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
morning; matinal
- 2
who gets up early, who is used to getting up early, who likes to get up early
être matinal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au matin. 2. Qui s’est levé de bonne heure, ou qui a l’habitude de se lever de bonne heure.
noun: 1. Vent d’est soufflant le matin, l’été , plusieurs jours de suite dans la région du Morvan et du Massif Central.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of matinal
- matinale feminine
- matinaux masculine plural
- matinales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matinal?
- /ma.ti.nal/
- \ma.ti.nal\
- [ma.ti.nal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is matinal in French?
matinal appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).