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Definition of matinee noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

matinee

noun

/ˈmætɪneɪ/

/ˌmætnˈeɪ/

(also matinée)

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an afternoon performance of a play, etc.; an afternoon showing of a film
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Topics Film and theatrec2
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French matinée, literally ‘morning (as a period of activity)’, from matin ‘morning’: performances were formerly also in the morning.

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