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noun, feminine

grasse matinée

/ɡʁas ma.ti.ne/

noun, feminine/ɡʁas ma.ti.ne/plural: grasses matinées

sleep-in, lie-in (period spent lying in bed for longer than usual)

Je n'aurais pas dû faire la grasse matinée.I shouldn't have slept in.

Literally, “fat morning”, from the 16th century.