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 |
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to be taken three times a day |
au matin de sa vie |
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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 |
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early in the morning |
du matin au soir |
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from morning till night |
du soir au matin |
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from night till morning, bed and breakfast |
l'étoile du matin |
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Venus |
être du matin |
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to be an early riser |
matin, midi et soir |
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morning, noon, and night |
tous les quatre matins |
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repeatedly, again and again |
un de ces quatre matins |
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one of these days |
Expressions with matinée
une matinée |
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an afternoon performance |
une matinée dansante |
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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) |
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morning, early |
matinalement |
(adv) |
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in the morning(s) |
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