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petite
petite
See also: pétite
English
Adjective
petite (comparative more petite, superlative most petite)
- Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build.
- Of women's clothing: of small size.
- 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?
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)
Translations
Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build
of women's clothing: of small size
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small, little; insignificant; petty
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pə.tit/, /ptit/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /p(ə)tsɪt/
Adjective
petite
- feminine singular of petit