matinal

Borrowed from French matinal, from Old French [Term?].

matinal (comparative more matinal, superlative most matinal)

1. In the morning, relating to the morning.
   • 1861, Various, Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, No. 47, September, 1861‎^[1]:

     I was awakened, as usual, by the outcries of the refractory negroes receiving their matinal stripes in the whipping-house.

   • 1877, May Agnes Fleming, Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters‎^[2]:

     Kate stood by the window, looking out drearily at the matinal sunlight.

   • 1919, Various, The Best Short Stories of 1917‎^[3]:

     I might add, however, for your further information, that I think I shall not go to Bund-i-Kir, which looks too peaceful to disturb at this matinal hour, but there--on the western shore of the Ab-i-Shuteit.

• matitudinal

• Talmian, tamalin

From matin +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ti.nal/

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matinal (feminine matinale, masculine plural matinaux, feminine plural matinales)

1. (relational) morning; matinal

   Synonym: matutinal

   Coordinate term: vespéral

2. (of a person) who gets up early, who is used to getting up early, who likes to get up early

   Synonym: du matin

   être matinal ― to be a morning person, an early riser, an early bird

• “matinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• laminât, mailant

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ma‧ti‧nal

matinal m or f (plural matinais)

1. morning, matinal

   Synonym: matutino

Borrowed from French matinal.

matinal m or n (feminine singular matinală, masculine plural matinali, feminine and neuter plural matinale)

1. matinal, morning

matinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural matinales)

1. morning, matinal

   Synonym: matutino

   emisión matinal

   morning show

• “matinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16