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Definitions: Matinee |
MatineeNoun1. A theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "matinee" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
Crosswords: Matinee |
| English words defined with "matinee": matinee idol. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "matinee": GARRICK. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Matinee" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (matinee, song recital). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Instead, he took us to see a matinee of Any Wednesday with Sandy Dennis. (Without You I'm Nothing; writing credit: Sandra Bernhard; John Boskovich) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Matinee Wives (1971) Christopher's Movie Matinee (1968) Matinee Mouse (1966) Betty Crocker Star Matinee (1953) Matinee Party (1953) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
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Theater & Movies | |
Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The matinee line is a study in democracy.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | New York, N.Y., Saturday matinee, Casino Theatre.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The lights o' London every evening and Saturday matinee.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | De Wolf Hopper in A matinee idol.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Merely Mary Ann Garden Theatre, New York, every evening & Saturday matinee.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Booth's Theatre, two weeks, commencing Monday, Feb. 6, every ev'ng and Saturday matinee with the ideal opera company.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Matinee" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Matinee" is used about 75 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 75 | 38,535 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "matinee": matinee coat ♦ matinee idol. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
matinee | 48 |
saturday matinee | 38 |
matinee wagner | 12 |
toy matinee | 10 |
matinee saturday store | 8 |
brandts eddie matinee saturday | 6 |
matinee movie | 5 |
matinee night saturday | 4 |
1hd matinee | 4 |
matinee cigarette | 3 |
matinee idol | 2 |
matinee movie saturday store | 2 |
broadway matinee | 2 |
matinee saturday store video | 2 |
cellular matinee shade symphony | 2 |
matinee record | 2 |
matinee mendel | 2 |
broadway matinee ticket | 2 |
bijou matinee | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "matinee"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shfaqje ditore, artist që ka sukses. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سحر (attractiveness, bedevil, bewitch, bewitchment, catch, charm, conjure, diablerie, enamor, enamour, enchantment, fascinate, fascination, glamor, glamour, incantation, infatuation, loveliness, magic, magnetize, mesmerize, necromancy, overlook, pleasantness, prestige, quaintness, ravishment, relish, smite, sorcery, spell, spellbind, temptation, weirdness, witch, witchcraft, witchery, wiz, wizardry, zest), عرض صباحي, صباحية (morning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | матине, дневно представление. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | matiné, odpolední představení. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نمایش یابرنامه یاجشن بعدازظهر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | matinea, päivänäytäntö. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | matinée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | matinee (song recital), Vorstellung morgen, nachmittagsvorstellung, frühvorstellung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παράσταση γινομένη την ημέρα, απογευματινή, διασκέδαση γινομένη την ημέρα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שחרית (morning, morning time), "צ'" יומית. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | délutáni előadás (afternoon performance, matinée). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | matinée, rappresentazione diurna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | マゼラン雲 (mac, machismo, Macintosh, Madagascar, madam killer, madame, Magellanic Clouds, maggeoli, mash, mashed potato, masochism, masochist, mass, massage, massive attack, mat, matador, match, match play, match point, match pomp, matching, material, maternity dress, -matic, Matterhorn, McCarthy, McCarthyism, McCulloch, muckraker, mug, mushroom, mux), 昼興行 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | マチネ , ひる"うぎょう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cloie fastyragh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atineemay matutino (maty). (various references) matineu. (various references) утренник, дневной концерт. (various references) matine. (various references) matinée, función de tarde. (various references) matine. (various references) matine (morning performance). (various references) денний спектакль. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "matinee": matinees. (additional references) | |
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"Matinee" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atiny, gatineau, magine, Mainie, Malinee, Mantinea, Martinsee, mateine, Matina, Matine, matinox, matiny, Matsinhe, mattinee, matu-nte, mawine, Mcatamney, Meineke, meinie, Metinae, Miettinen, mutaween, Mutien, mutinee, Mytilene, Nattinger. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: etamine. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-m-n-t" | |
-1 letter: emetin, etamin, inmate, meanie, tamein, teniae. | |
-2 letters: ament, amine, anime, eaten, enate, enema, entia, matin, meant, menta, minae, tenia, tinea. | |
-3 letters: amen, amie, amin, ante, anti, emit, etna, item, main, mane, mate, mean, meat, meet, meta, mete, mien, mina, mine, mint, mite, name, neat, neem, nema, nite, tain, tame, team, teem, teen, time. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-m-n-t" | |
+1 letter: antimere, dementia, etamines, geminate, hematein, hematine, matinees, meantime, melanite, miseaten. | |
+2 letters: alimented, alinement, amenities, amnestied, amnesties, antimeres, deaminate, demential, dementias, eliminate, emanative, emittance, enamelist, estaminet, exanimate, geminated, geminates, germinate, hemateins, hematines, intermale, lineament, magnesite, magnetise, magnetite, magnetize, mainsheet, meantimes, meatiness, melanites, mincemeat, reanimate, reteaming, terminate. | |
+3 letters: advisement, alinements, antiemetic, antifemale, antimerger, centesimal, cinematize, colemanite, cysteamine, deaminated, deaminates, delaminate, denominate, derailment, detainment, effeminate, eliminated, eliminates, emancipate, emarginate, emendating, emendation, emittances, enamelists, enantiomer, endometria, entailment, ergotamine, estaminets, freemartin, germinated, germinates, heathenism, hemipteran, impalement, impatience, impregnate, innumerate, inseminate, lemniscate, lineaments, magnesites, magnetised, magnetises, magnetites, magnetized, magnetizer, magnetizes, mainsheets, maisonette, maleficent, manifested, manifester, marionette, martensite, matinesses, medicament, mercantile, mesnalties, mincemeats, myelinated, nematicide, nematocide, pedimental, permeating, permeation, planimeter, reanimated, reanimates, regimental, remittance, renominate, steamering, steaminess, streamline, terminable, terminated, terminates, tiemannite, unmediated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 74 69 6E 65 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- - .. -. . . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a t i n e e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0074 0069 006E 0065 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47678675807171 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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