petit
adjetivosustantivosustantivoatestiguado en diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈpɛti//
- Reino Unido//pəˈtiː//
- Estados Unidos//ˈpɛtət//
- Estados Unidos//pəˈti//
Petite: small, little.
adjetivo
- 1
Petite: small, little.
And by what small, petit Hints does the Mind catch hold of, and recover a vanishing Notion?
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obsoletoPetty, in its various senses: Few in number.
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Petty, in its various senses: Unimportant; cheap; easily replaced.
- 4
Petty, in its various senses: Small, minor.
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arcaicoPetty, in its various senses: Secondary; lower in rank.
Etimología
From Middle English petit, from Old French petit, from Late Latin *pitittus, diminutive of Latin *pit-, possibly from Proto-Celtic *pett- (“part, bit, piece”) (see Latin pettia), or of imitative origin. Compare also Latin pitinnus (“small”), pitulus, Italian pezza. Doublet of petty.
sustantivo
- 1
obsoletoA little schoolboy.
- 2
obsoletoA kind of pigeon.
sustantivo
- 1
anticuadoSynonym of brevier.
Etimología
From French petit (“brevier”) directly or via German Petit (“brevier”).
Formas
- plural
- petits
- comparativo
- more petit
- superlativo
- most petit