matinée

American  

[mat-n-ey, mat-n-ey] / ˌmæt nˈeɪ, ˈmæt nˌeɪ /

Or matinee

noun

1. an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.

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matinée British  

/ ˈmætɪˌneɪ /

noun

1. a daytime, esp afternoon, performance of a play, concert, etc

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Etymology

Origin of matinée

1840–50; < French: morning. See matin

Example Sentences

It entered Saturday’s matinee with losses in 11 of its last 12 games.

From Los Angeles Times

Most operagoers before a recent matinee of Richard Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” were looking forward to escaping the madness of a global sporting spectacle for the next 5½ hours.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the curtain rose on the Sunday matinee, unveiling three ghostly sisters draping the crimson Rope of Destiny over a gigantic broken head, the Olympic rings across the piazza could have been an entire world away.

From The Wall Street Journal

She takes me to a matinee of The Nutcracker, and then we eat scones and mini sandwiches at the teahouse downtown.

From Literature

Even better, he has used his beauty not to become a matinee idol but to unsettle and surprise us, portraying characters whose handsomeness is very much the point but not the whole story.

From The Wall Street Journal