petit

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see also: Petit

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈpɛti/, /pəˈtiː/
• (America) IPA: /ˈpɛdi/, /pəˈti/, /pəˈtit/

Adjective

petit

1. (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?
2. Petty, in its various senses:
   1. (obsolete) Few in number.
   2. (now, uncommon, of objects) Unimportant; cheap; easily replaced.
   3. (legal, of scale) Small, minor.
   4. (now, rare) Secondary; lower in rank.

Related terms

• petite, petty

Noun

petit (plural petits)

1. (obsolete, usually, in the plural) A little schoolboy.
2. (obsolete, rare) A kind of pigeon.

Noun

petit (uncountable)

1. (printing, dated, French and German contexts) Synonym of brevier#English|brevier.

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Petit

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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