Library / English Dictionary

PETITE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A garment size for short or slender women

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("petite" is a kind of...):

size (the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing))

Derivation:

petite (very small)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very small

Example:

the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy

Synonyms:

bantam; diminutive; flyspeck; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Derivation:

petite (a garment size for short or slender women)

petiteness (the property of being very small in size)

Credits

 Context examples: 

“Hola! there is la petite peeping from behind the door. A toi, aussi, ma petite! Mon Dieu! but the lass has a good color!”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ah, mes petites!

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)