Grammatical class

Noun

matinée

morning (time between sunrise and noon)

Details

Syllables

ma-ti-née

Phonetics

ma.ti.ne

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

1667

Freq. (movies)

3288

Freq. (news)

1556

Sentences

Bonne matinée, madame.

Good morning, ma'am.

A1

Quelle belle matinée !

What a lovely morning!

A1

Bonne matinée, monsieur.

Good morning, sir.

A1

Salut Tom. Bonne matinée !

Hi, Tom. Good morning!

A1

Pendant toute la matinée, il n’a pas arrêté de pleuvoir.

Throughout the morning, the rain did not stop.

A2

Tom t'a attendu toute la matinée.

Tom has been waiting for you all morning.

A2

Tom a ignoré Mary toute la matinée.

Tom ignored Mary all morning.

A2

La patiente a été opérée dans la matinée.

The patient was operated on in the morning.

B1

Il a passé toute la matinée à la chercher.

He spent all morning looking for her.

B1

Tom attendit Mary devant la bibliothèque toute la matinée.

Tom waited for Mary in front of the library all morning.

B1

Si tu ne petit-déjeunes pas, tu auras probablement faim au cours de la matinée et tu ne seras pas aussi efficace au travail que tu pourrais l'être.

If you don't eat breakfast, you'll probably be hungry during the morning and won't be as efficient at work as you could be.

B1

Elle était là toute la matinée.

She was there all morning.

C2