matin
English
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Middle English matyn, from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”).
Etymology 2
    
From Middle French matin, from Latin mātūtīnum (“the morning”).
Noun
    
matin (plural matins)
- (obsolete) morning
-  c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v], lines 89–91, page 258, column 1:- The Glow-worme ſhowes the Matine to be neere, / And gins to pale his vneffectuall Fire : / Adue, adue, Hamlet : remember me.
 
 
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Synonyms
    
- foreday, morn; see also Thesaurus:morning
Related terms
    
- matinee
- matins
- matitudinal
- matutinal
- matutinary (chiefly US, rare)
- matutine
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Further reading
    
- “matin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
    
    
Norman
    
    Alternative forms
    
- matîn (Jersey)
Etymology
    
From Old French matin, from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”), from Mātūta (“goddess of morning”).
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