matinée

Or mat·i·nee

[mat-n-ey, mat-n-ey]

noun

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

matinée

/ ˈmætɪˌneɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of matinée¹

1840–50; < French: morning. See matin

Word History and Origins

Origin of matinée¹

C19: from French; see _matins

Example Sentences

“It was fun,” McTavish said of his first rivalry matinee, which drew a sellout crowd of 17,174.

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The jacket photo of “To Absent Friends,” which features Welty and Lyell in a theatrical pose, as if they were matinee idols, hints at the kind of personal theater in which they indulged as 20-somethings.

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Well, I’ve faced the matinee crowds on the West End and lived to tell about it, but I’m all thumbs in the kitchen.

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There was utter silence from the audience at the matinee performance on a rainy, wintry Saturday during the 90-minute performance.

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For the three decades Kristal ran CBGB, he never stopped experimenting and wasn’t afraid to try something new: from serving 50-cent bowls of chili to staging all-ages matinee hardcore shows.

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