matutinal

Meaning

1. (formal, literary, not-comparable) Of, occurring in, or relating to the morning, especially the early morning upon waking up.
2. (formal, literary, not-comparable) Active in the morning; waking up early.

Synonyms

morning

early

relating to the morning

Translations

matutinal

mattutino

morgendlich

matinal

matutino

πρωινός

du matin

de manhã

pela manhã

temprano

erken

sabaha ait

صباحي

sabahleyin olan

matutí

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈtjuːtɪnl̩/

Etymology

Cognate with French: matutinal

Cognate with French: matinal

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French matutinal (modern French matutinal), and from its etymon Late Latin mātūtīnālis (“(adjective) belonging to the morning; of or pertaining to matins; (noun) morning hymn or psalm; book of lauds”), from Latin mātūtīnus (“of, occurring in, or pertaining to the early morning, matutine”) (from Mātūta (“Roman goddess of the dawn or morning”) (from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to mature, ripen; opportune, timely; good, great”)) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship). The second sense (“active in the morning; waking up early”) is possibly modelled after French matinal (“relating to the morning, matinal”).