🇫🇷 French

matinées

feminine

les matinées

mornings

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matinées
/le matine/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say matinées in French?

IPA
/le matine/

How do you pronounce matinées in French?

matinées is pronounced /le matine/ in French.

Example sentences

La matinée a été très productive et enrichissante.

The morning was very productive and enriching. (feminine adjectives: productive and enriching must end in -e)

Cette matinée ensoleillée m'a rendu heureux.

This sunny morning made me happy. (adjective 'ensoleillée' is feminine to agree with 'matinée')

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Why is it feminine?

Matinées is feminine because it derives from the Old French "matinée," which originally meant "the duration of a morning" and was formed from "matin" (morning) with the feminine suffix "-ée," a common French ending that typically creates feminine nouns from masculine roots and often implies duration or quantity. This suffix comes from Latin "-ata," which carried feminine grammatical gender.

What is the French word for mornings?

The French word for mornings is les matinées — feminine.

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