matin

From Middle English matyn, from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”).

matin (not comparable)

1. of or relating to matins

From Middle French matin, from Latin mātūtīnum (“the morning”).

matin (plural matins)

1. (obsolete) morning
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 258, column 1, lines 89–91:

     The Glow-worme ſhowes the Matine to be neere, / And gins to pale his vneffectuall Fire : / Adue, adue, Hamlet : remember me.

• foreday, morn; see also Thesaurus:morning

• tamin, tnaim, Maint., tna'im, Manti, manti, Mänti

matin

1. inflection of matar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

matin

1. genitive singular of matti

• minat, mitan, namit

Inherited from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”), from Matuta, Roman goddess of morning.

• IPA^(key): /ma.tɛ̃/

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• (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) IPA^(key): /ma.tẽᵑ/, /ma.tẽ/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /ma.tẽ/
• Homophones: mâtin, mâtins (most accents)

matin m (plural matins)

1. morning

Matin connotes a specific moment in the morning, while matinée connotes the entire duration of the morning.

• matinée f
• matutinal

• “matin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• maint, minât, mitan

matin

1. Alternative form of maten (“to overpower”)

matin m (plural matins)

1. morning

• matîn (Jersey)

From Old French matin, from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”), from Mātūta (“goddess of morning”).

matin m (plural matins)

1. (Guernsey, continental Normandy) morning
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 534:

     Si le soleil est rouage au sèr, / Ch'est pour biau temps aver, / S'il est rouage au matin, / Ch'est la mare au chemin.

     If the sun is red in the evening, it is a sign of fine weather, but when he is red in the morning, you may expect pools of water on the road.

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matin m (plural matins)

1. morning

matin oblique singular, m (oblique plural matins, nominative singular matins, nominative plural matin)

1. morning

• matinee