noun
or mat·i·née |mat ə n|ā
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French matinée morning, time of day before dinner, matinee, from Old French matinee morning, from matin morning, from Latin matutinum, from neuter of matutinus, adjective, of the morning, from Matuta, goddess of morning + Latin -inus -ine; akin to Latin maturus ripe — more at mature
1. : a performance of a production (as a play, opera, film) or the presentation of a concert or sometimes the holding of some other event in the afternoon or occasionally in the morning or at midnight
2. : a dressing gown especially for a woman
3. or matinee race : a race (as a harness race) requiring no entrance fee and offering trophies and not money to the contestants