matinée
French, noun
matinée is spelled M-A-T-I-N-É-E (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,331st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matinée is a French feminine noun meaning “morning (time between sunrise and noon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, mâtinée is a different word: “feminine singular of mâtiné”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie du matin qui s’écoule depuis le point du jour jusqu’à midi”.
What does matinée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemorning (time between sunrise and noon)
Pendant toute la matinée, il n'a pas arrêté de pleuvoir.
- 2
femininematinee (showing of a movie or performance before evening)
- 3
datedfemininematinee (women's dress)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of mâtiné
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie du matin qui s’écoule depuis le point du jour jusqu’à midi. 2. Représentation, spectacle qui a lieu l’après-midi, par opposition à la soirée. 3. Vêtement d’intérieur porté le matin par les femmes.
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 matinée
- matinées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to matinée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matinée in French?
matinée appears 13 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).