petite

Etymology

Borrowed from French petite f, feminine of petit m (“small, little”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈtiːt/

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?

References

• “petite” in John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors, The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Pettie, Piette

Adverb

petite

1. past adverbial passive participle of peti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.tit/, [pətit, ptit]
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /pə.tit/, [p(ə)tsɪt]

Adjective

petite

1. feminine singular of petit

Verb

petite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of petō