🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

mattiniero

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mat.tiˈnjɛ.ro

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Early bird/ˈɜːr.li bɜːrd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Essendo un mattiniero, finisce sempre il lavoro in anticipo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who gets up early in the morning or arrives early for an event or appointment.

    "Being an early bird, she had already finished her workout before sunrise."
  2. 2

    A person who acts before others to gain an advantage.

    "The restaurant offered an early bird discount for customers who dined before 6 PM."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English proverb 'the early bird catches the worm,' first recorded in John Ray's collection of English proverbs in 1670. Over time, the phrase transitioned from a colloquial idiom into a standard compound noun denoting a person who habitually wakes up early or arrives first.

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