petite

See also pétite

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French petite, feminine of petit (“small, little”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəˈtiːt/, X-SAMPA: /p@"ti:t/

Adjective

petite (comparative more petite, superlative most petite)

1. Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build.
2. Of women's clothing: of small size.
3. Small, little; insignificant; petty.
   • 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)

     The Earth, the Sun, and Stars, what things are they in nature? are they petite things not worth our notice, or grand and worthy of consideration?

Translations

Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build

• Finnish: siro (fi)
• Portuguese: mion (pt)

• Russian: миниатюрная (ru) (miniatjurnaja)

Of women's clothing: of small size

• Finnish: pieni (fi)

• Russian: миниатюрная (ru) (miniatjurnaja)

Small, little; insignificant; petty

• Finnish: pieni (fi), pikkuinen (fi), pikkuruinen (fi), vähäinen (fi), mitätön (fi)

• Russian: маленький (ru) (malenʹkij)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

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Esperanto

Adverb

petite

1. past adverbial passive participle of peti

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pə.tit/, X-SAMPA: /p@.tit/

Adjective

petite

1. feminine form of petit

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Latin

Verb

petite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of petō