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.
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 | | at dawn |
de bon matin | | early in the morning |
de grand matin | | early in the morning |
du matin au soir | | from morning till night |
du soir au matin | | from night till morning, bed and breakfast |
l'étoile du matin | | Venus |
être du matin | | to be an early riser |
matin, midi et soir | | morning, noon, and night |
tous les quatre matins | | repeatedly, again and again |
un de ces quatre matins | | one of these days |
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 matinée
une matinée | | an afternoon performance |
une matinée dansante | | tea dance, informal afternoon dance party |
une matinée enfantine | | children’s matinée |
dans la matinée | | (sometime) in the morning |
en début de matinée | | at the beginning of the morning |
en fin de matinée | | at the end of the morning |
faire la grasse matinée | | to sleep late, sleep in |
Related words
matinal (adj) | | morning, early |
matinalement (adv) | | in the morning(s) |
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