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petite en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /pəˈtiːt/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (especially, of a woman) Fairly short and of slim build.
2. Of small size; intended for small-framed adult women.
3. Small, little; insignificant; petty.
   • 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? 1662, Galileo Galilei, translated by Thomas Salisbury, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems:

Forms

Deriveds

petite bourgeoisie · petite perception

Relateds

petiteness · petitely · petite amie

Translations (17)

cmn 嬌小 /娇小 (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build) · fi siro (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build) · bg дребен (small, little; insignificant; petty) · fi pikkuinen (small, little; insignificant; petty) · fi pieni (small, little; insignificant; petty) · bg миньонка (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build) · ru миниатюрная (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build) · ru миниатюрная (of women's clothing: of small size) · fr menue (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build) · ru ма́ленький (small, little; insignificant; petty) · fi mitätön (small, little; insignificant; petty) · fi pieni (of women's clothing: of small size) · fi pikkuruinen (small, little; insignificant; petty) · de zierlich (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build) · fi vähäinen (small, little; insignificant; petty) · de zart gebaut (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build) · ja 幼い (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build)

petite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pəˈtiːt/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A mutant first discovered in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, forming small colonies when grown in the presence of fermentable carbon sources such as glucose.
   • The primary structure of the mitochondrial genomes of these petites had been previously determined […] 2005, Giorgio Bernardi, Structural and Evolutionary Genomics, page 39:

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