Meanings
matin1
adjectivematin (not comparable)
- not comparableof or relating to matins
matin2
nounmatin (plural matins)
plural matins
- obsoletemorning
The Glow-worme ſhowes the Matine to be neere, / And gins to pale his vneffectuall Fire : / Adue, adue, Hamlet : remember me.
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], page 258, column 1, lines 89–91
Matin3
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Origin
matin · adjective
- Latinmātūtīnus“of the morning”
- Middle Englishmatyn
- Englishmatin
From Middle English matyn, from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”).
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- Latinmātūtīnum“the morning”
- Middle Frenchmatin
- Englishmatin
From Middle French matin, from Latin mātūtīnum (“the morning”).
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