Morning French Phrases
Once you’ve learned the difference between matin and matinée, cement your knowledge with some idioms and set expressions featuring these somewhat synonyms.
Proverb with matin
| Araignée du matin, chagrin, araignée du soir, espoir. |
A spider in the morning is bad luck, a spider at night is good luck. |
Expressions with matin
| à prendre matin midi et soir |
|
to be taken three times a day |
| au matin de sa vie |
|
in the morning (at the beginning) of one's life |
| au petit matin |
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at dawn |
| de bon matin |
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early in the morning |
| de grand matin |
|
early in the morning |
| du matin au soir |
|
from morning till night |
| du soir au matin |
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from night till morning, bed and breakfast |
| l'étoile du matin |
|
Venus |
| être du matin |
|
to be an early riser |
| matin, midi et soir |
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morning, noon, and night |
| tous les quatre matins |
|
repeatedly, again and again |
| un de ces quatre matins |
|
one of these days |
Expressions with matinée
| une matinée |
|
an afternoon performance |
| une matinée dansante |
|
tea dance, informal afternoon dance party |
| une matinée enfantine |
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children’s matinée |
| dans la matinée |
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(sometime) in the morning |
| en début de matinée |
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at the beginning of the morning |
| en fin de matinée |
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at the end of the morning |
| faire la grasse matinée |
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to sleep late, sleep in |
Related words
| matinal |
(adj) |
|
morning, early |
| matinalement |
(adv) |
|
in the morning(s) |
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