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Iclearwater Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Matinee

Hello,

Could anyone explain why people have to create to such a noun to referring to films performed during the day? I don't understand why it is mostly during the day.

Is it explainable what the etymology of the word is?

Thanks!


matinee
noun [ C ] UK ? /'mæt.?.ne?/ US ? /?mæt?.?n'e?/
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a film shown or a play performed during the day, especially in the afternoon

  

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iclearwater Could anyone explain why people have to creat e to such a noun to refe r ring to films performed shown during the day? I don't understand why it is mostly during the day. iclearwater Is it explainable what Does the etymology of the word explain it?

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  • iclearwater Could anyone explain why people have to creat e to such a noun to refe r ring to films performed shown during the day?
  • I don't understand why it is mostly during the day.
  • iclearwater Is it explainable what Does the etymology of the word explain it?
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  • Yes, google matinee etymology , and you'll see the answer.
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iclearwaterCould anyone explain why people have to create to such a noun to refer ring to films performed shown during the day? I don't understand why it is mostly during the day.
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Many English nouns ending in -ee are from French origins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Norman_language, not English, for hundreds of years so there are many words of an "official" nature from old or middle French.

Pedigree: "genealogical table or chart," from Anglo-French pe de gr

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