petit
adjectifnomnomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈpɛti//
- Royaume-Uni//pəˈtiː//
- États-Unis//ˈpɛtət//
- États-Unis//pəˈti//
Petite: small, little.
adjectif
- 1
Petite: small, little.
And by what small, petit Hints does the Mind catch hold of, and recover a vanishing Notion?
- 2
obsolètePetty, in its various senses: Few in number.
- 3
Petty, in its various senses: Unimportant; cheap; easily replaced.
- 4
Petty, in its various senses: Small, minor.
- 5
archaïquePetty, in its various senses: Secondary; lower in rank.
Étymologie
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.
nom
- 1
obsolèteA little schoolboy.
- 2
obsolèteA kind of pigeon.
nom
- 1
vieilliSynonym of brevier.
Étymologie
From French petit (“brevier”) directly or via German Petit (“brevier”).
Formes
- pluriel
- petits
- comparatif
- more petit
- superlatif
- most petit