What does matinée in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word matinée in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use matinée in French.
The word matinée in French means morning, afternoon performance, matinee, mate, be combined, be united, taint, sully, crossed with , blended with , mixed with, cross-bred, early morning, late morning, at the end of the morning, sleep in, lie in, late morning. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word matinée
morningnom féminin (les heures avant midi) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Elle préfère étudier pendant la matinée. She prefers studying in the morning. |
afternoon performance, matineenom féminin (Théâtre : en début d'après-midi) (Cinema, theatre) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Certains spectacles ont lieu en matinée. Some plays have a matinee. |
mateverbe transitif (couvrir une chienne de race) (dog) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Mon père attendait le printemps pour mâtiner sa chienne. |
be combined, be unitedverbe pronominal (se mêler à) Elle avait un joli visage où se mâtinait la blondeur de sa mère aux yeux noirs de son père. She had a pretty face where her mother's fairness combined with her father's black eyes. |
taint, sullyverbe transitif (figuré (abâtardir) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Ses cheveux blonds et ses yeux bleus mâtinent ses origines espagnoles. |
crossed with , blended with , mixed with(mêlé, tempéré) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Elle a un caractère irascible mâtiné de générosité. |
cross-bredadjectif (soutenu (qui n'est pas de race pure) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") J'ai adopté un chien mâtiné. |
early morningnom masculin (avant 10 heures) Le facteur passe chez nous en début de matinée. |
late morning, at the end of the morninglocution adverbiale (peu avant midi) Nous arriverons en fin de matinée. |
sleep in, lie inlocution verbale (rester au lit jusque tard) (phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.") Ce week-end, je n'ai aucune obligation alors je vais faire la grasse matinée. As there is nothing I need to do this weekend, I am going to sleep in. |
late morningnom féminin (derniers moments du matin) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Contrairement à l'aurore, la fin de matinée fut pluvieuse. |
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