adj
Meaning 1
Fairly short and of slim build.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially
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Standard Lemma guide
petite
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adj
Meaning 2
Of small size; intended for small-framed adult women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles
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adj
Meaning 3
Small, little; insignificant; petty.
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name
Meaning 4
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 5
A mutant first discovered in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, forming small colonies when grown in the presence of fermentable carbon sources such as glucose.
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Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
very small
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- diminutive in stature
- a lilliputian chest of drawers
- her petite figure
- tiny feet
- the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, tiny, flyspeck
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noun
Meaning 7
a garment size for short or slender women
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: size
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French petite f, feminine of petit m (“small, little”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: миньонка (minjonka) — Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build
- Chinese Mandarin: 嬌小 /娇小 (jiāoxiǎo) — Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build
- Finnish: siro — Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build
- French: menue — Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build
- German: zierlich — Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build
- German: zart gebaut — Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build
- Japanese: 幼い (osanai) — Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build
- Russian: миниатюрная (miniatjurnaja) — Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build
- Finnish: pieni — of women's clothing: of small size
- Russian: миниатюрная (miniatjurnaja) — of women's clothing: of small size
- Bulgarian: дребен (dreben) — small, little; insignificant; petty
- Finnish: pieni — small, little; insignificant; petty
- Finnish: pikkuinen — small, little; insignificant; petty
- Finnish: pikkuruinen — small, little; insignificant; petty
- Finnish: vähäinen — small, little; insignificant; petty
- Finnish: mitätön — small, little; insignificant; petty
- Russian: ма́ленький (málenʹkij) — small, little; insignificant; petty
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