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"morning" in seven languages

Meaningmorning

Spanish

mañana

/maˈɲana/

fem.other source · Vulgar Latin *MANEĀNA (hōra), from MANE 'early'

French

matin

/matɛ̃/

masc.inherited

Matinée (f) is the morning as a span of time.

Italian

mattina

/matˈtina/

fem.inherited

Mattino (m) also exists, a little more literary.

Portuguese

manhã

/maˈɲɐ̃/

fem.other source · Vulgar Latin *MANEĀNA (hōra), from MANE 'early'

Romanian

dimineață

/dimiˈne̯atsə/

fem.other source · built on Latin DĒ MANE 'early in the morning'

Catalan

matí

/məˈti/

masc.inherited

English

morning

/ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/

native English · Middle English morwening, from Old English morgen

English → ItalianmorningmattinaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: matins, matinee.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

MĀTŪTĪNUM‘of the early morning (from Mātūta, goddess of dawn)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

French and Italian named the morning after a Roman dawn goddess; Spanish uses its word for 'tomorrow'.

English relatives: matins, matinee

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In a sentence

  • esCorro todas las mañanas.
  • frJe cours tous les matins.
  • itCorro ogni mattina.
  • ptCorro todas as manhãs.
  • roAlerg în fiecare dimineață.
  • caCorro cada matí.
  • enI run every morning.

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