Matinee movie tickets are cheaper, but it also means getting to the movie theater before noon.
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Matinee
//ˈmætɪˌneɪ//
Synonyms for "matinee" (11 found)
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18 translations across 14 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ցերեկույթ noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
Bulgarian
1 entries- матине́ noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
Czech
1 entries- matiné noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
Finnish
1 entries- matinea noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
French
1 entries- matinée noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
German
2 entries- Matinee noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
- Matinée noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
Interlingua
1 entries- matinée noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- matine noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
- matiné noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- matine noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
- matiné noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
Polish
1 entries- popołudniówka noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
Portuguese
1 entries- matinê noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
Russian
1 entries- дневно́й сеа́нс noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
Spanish
2 entries- matinal noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
- matiné noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
Turkish
1 entries- matine noun (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon)
Sample sentences
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We went to a matinee showing because it was cheaper.
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"I bought a ticket for the earliest matinee at the movie theater tomorrow." "Oh, what are you seeing?" "Every movie there."
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59 sneak in some red Smuggle a bottle of wine, two glasses, and a corkscrew into a long matinee. Red wine is rich in life-extending antioxidants, and the caper will add zest even to a bad movie.
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