different between performance vs matinee

English

Alternative forms

• performaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

perform +? -ance

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?r-fôr?-m?ns, IPA^(key): /p??.?f??.m?ns/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [p?.?f??.m?ns]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [p?.?f??.m?ns]
• Hyphenation: per?for?mance

Noun

performance (countable and uncountable, plural performances)

1. The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
2. That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
3. (art) A live show or concert.
4. The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.

5. (linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. w:linguistic performance.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "performance": high, poor, improved, superior, excellent, good, peak, top, optimal, low, economic, academic, financial, musical, human, environmental, vocal, cognitive, dynamic, organizational, historical, physical, social, mechanical, electrical, mental, macroeconomic.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• high-performance
• low-performance
• performance art

Related terms

• performant

Descendants

Translations

References

• performance at OneLook Dictionary Search
• performance in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• performance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From English performance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /per?f?rm?ns/

Noun

performance f (plural performances)

1. performance (a live show or concert)

Further reading

• “performance” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English performance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.f??.m??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

performance f (plural performances)

1. (sports) performance

Further reading

• “performance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English performance.

Noun

performance f (invariable)

1. performance

Synonyms

• (the act of performing) esecuzione
• (accomplishment) prestazione, rendimento
• (show) esibizione

Further reading

• performance in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• perfórmance (uncommon)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe?.?f??.m??.si/

Etymology

Borrowed from English performance.

Noun

performance f (plural performances)

1. performance (amount of useful work accomplished by someone or something)

   Synonym: desempenho

Further reading

• “performance” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English performance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe??fo?mans/, [pe??fo?.mãns]

Noun

performance f (plural performances)

1. performance art
2. performance (amount of useful work accomplished)

Further reading

• “performance” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• matinée (pedantic); mat (dated slang)

Etymology

From French matinée. Doublet of mantinada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæt??ne?/

Noun

matinee (plural matinees)

1. A showing of a movie, sporting event, or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon.
2. (dated) A woman's dress to be worn in the morning or before dinner.
   • 1906, Dry Goods Guide (volumes 17-18, page 70)

     Empire matinees in lingerie stuffs with trimmings of lace and embroidery are shown in great variety.

Derived terms

• mat
• matinee coat, matinée coat
• matinee idol, matinée idol
• matinee jacket, matinée jacket

Translations

Verb

matinee (third-person singular simple present matinees, present participle matineeing, simple past and past participle matineed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To put on a matinee performance (of).

Anagrams

• etamine, mateine

Middle French

Etymology

Old French matinee.

Noun

matinee f (plural matinees)

1. morning

Descendants

• French: matinée

Old French

Noun

matinee f (oblique plural matinees, nominative singular matinee, nominative plural matinees)

1. morning

Descendants

• Middle French: matinee
  • French: matinée
• Norman: matinaïe (Guernsey)