mattutini

Mattutini is a term in Italian that most often appears as the masculine plural form of the adjective mattutino, meaning relating to or occurring in the morning. In Italian, the feminine plural form is mattutine, while the singular forms are mattutino (masculine) and mattutina (feminine). The word is used to describe things connected with the morning, such as times, routines, or events.

Usage and examples

As an adjective, mattutino describes morning-related concepts. Examples include ore mattutine (the morning hours) and pasti mattutini (morning meals). The masculine plural mattutini can modify masculine or mixed-gender plural nouns, as in incontri mattutini (morning meetings). In everyday language, mattutini may also appear in compound phrases to emphasize early or morning activity, for instance, una routine mattutina (a morning routine) or attività mattutine (morning activities).

Etymology

The term derives from the Latin matutinus, which means “of the morning.” It entered Italian through standard language development from Latin forms such as matutīnus, adapting to the regular gender and number inflection patterns of Italian adjectives.

Relation to other terms

In English, the equivalent adjective matutinal or morning-related is rarely used in modern daily speech but appears in some literary or scientific contexts. Mattutini is primarily a standard Italian word and is not commonly used as a proper noun.

See also

Matutinal, mattutina, mattutine, mattutino, morning-related expressions in Italian.