petit
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English petit, from Old French petit, from Latin *pitittus, diminutive of Latin *pit-, possibly from Proto-Celtic *pett- (“part, bit, piece”). Compare also Latin pitinnus (“small”), pitulus. Doublet of petty.
Adjective
petit (comparative more petit, superlative most petit)
- (now uncommon, of size) Petite: small, little.
- 1684 or 1685 February 22, Robert South, A Sermon preached at Westminster-Abbey:
- And by what small, petit Hints does the Mind catch hold of, and recover a vanishing Notion?
- 1684 or 1685 February 22, Robert South, A Sermon preached at Westminster-Abbey:
- Petty, in its various senses:
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See also
Noun
petit (plural petits)
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French petit (“brevier”) directly or via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Petit (“brevier”).
Noun
petit (uncountable)
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 147: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., from Vulgar Latin *pittitus, an expressive creation (with variant forms pitinnus, pitulus, piccinus, pitikkus, etc.). Compare French petit.
Pronunciation
Adjective
petit (feminine petida, masculine plural petits, feminine plural petides)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “petit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “petit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “petit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “petit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Finnish
Verb
petit
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French petit, from Vulgar Latin pittitus (775; compare Latin pitinnus, pitulus), possibly from Celtic or Frankish. Compare Spanish pequeño.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pə.ti/, /p.ti/
audio (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): [p(ə)tsi]
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): /pti/, /piti/, /ti/
Adjective
petit (feminine petite, masculine plural petits, feminine plural petites)
- small
- un petit verre de vin ― a small glass of wine
- little
- un petit garçon ― a little boy
- petty
- Certaines personnes sont vraiment petites à propos des plus petites choses.
- Some people are really petty about the smallest things.
Usage notes
Only three French adjectives have an irregular comparative: petit (moindre, but in certain senses only), mauvais (pire) and bon (meilleur).
Noun
petit m (plural petits, feminine petite)
- small one (anything that is small)
- little one (anything that is little)
- little one; child (of humans or other animals)
- the young (of a species)
- Le petit du lapin s'appelle le "lapereau".
Usage notes
Often contracted, in popular or familiar speech, to p’tit (/pti/).
Derived terms
Descendants
- Portuguese: petiz
Further reading
- “petit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) petit
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French petit.
Adjective
petit m (feminine singular petite, masculine plural petitz, feminine plural petites)
Descendants
- French: petit
Noun
petit m (plural petits, feminine singular petite, feminine plural petites)
- something that is small
Occitan
Adjective
petit m (feminine singular petita, masculine plural petits, feminine plural petitas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 743.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin *pitittus (compare Latin pitinnus, pitulus).
Adjective
petit m (oblique and nominative feminine singular petite)
Declension
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