The French words un matin and une matinée both mean "morning" (what's the difference?) and are also used in many expressions. Learn how to say at dawn, repeatedly, sleep late, and more with this list of expressions with matin and matinée.

à prendre matin midi et soir
to be taken three times a day

Araignée du matin, chagrin, araignée du soir, espoir. (proverb)
a spider in the morning is bad luck, a spider at night is good luck

au matin de sa vie
in the morning of one's lifel

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

être du matin
to be an early riser

tous les quatre matins
repeatedly, again and again

un de ces quatre matins
one of these days

une matinée
an afternoon performance

une matinée dansante
tea dance, informal afternoon dance party

dans la matinée
(sometime) in the morning

faire la grasse matinée
to sleep late, sleep in

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