matinê
Portuguese, noun
matinê is spelled M-A-T-I-N-Ê (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matinê is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “matinee (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance during the day)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, matiné is a different word: “European Portuguese standard spelling of matinê”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “evento ou sessão de cinema realizada à tarde”.
What does matinê mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininematinee (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance during the day)
- 2
feminineany event happening in the afternoon
- 3
Brazilfemininematinee (a woman's dress)
noun
- 1
feminineEuropean Portuguese standard spelling of matinê
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. evento ou sessão de cinema realizada à tarde 2. ver vesperal
noun: 1. ver matinê 2. o mesmo que matinée
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of matinê
- matinês plural
- matiné alternative Portugal
- matinée alternative dated
- matinés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to matinê
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matinê in Portuguese?
matinê appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).