petit
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French petit. Doublet of petty.
Adjective
Derived terms
- petit bag
- petit bribing, petit-bribing
- petit canon
- petit cape
- petit captain
- petit chapman
- petit constable
- petit custom
- petit god
- petit juror
- petit jury
- petit larceny
- petit morel
- petit officer
- petit sergeant
- petit sergeanty, petit serjeanty
- petit session
- petit treason
Noun
petit (plural petits)
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *pittitus, an expressive creation (with variant forms pitinnus, pitulus, piccinus, pitikkus, etc.). Compare French petit.
Derived terms
- a les petites
Further reading
- “petit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “petit” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “petit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “petit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Old French petit, from Vulgar Latin pittitus (775; compare Latin pitinnus, pitulus), possibly from Celtic or Frankish. Compare Spanish pequeño.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pə.ti/, /p.ti/
audio (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): [p(ə)tsi]
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): /pti/, /piti/, /ti/
Usage notes
Only three French adjectives have an irregular comparative: petit (moindre, but in certain senses only), mauvais (pire) and bon (meilleur).
Noun
petit m (plural petits, feminine petite)
- small one (anything that is small)
- little one (anything that is little)
- little one; child (of humans or other animals)
- the young (of a species)
- Le petit du lapin s'appelle le "lapereau".
Usage notes
Often contracted, in popular or familiar speech, to p'tit (/pti/).
Derived terms
- mon petit
- petite bourgeoisie
- petit déjeuner
- petit pois
- petit récit, petits récits
Descendants
- Portuguese: petiz
Further reading
- “petit” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French petit.
Descendants
- French: petit
Occitan
Derived terms
- petitesa
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 743.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin *pitittus (compare Latin pitinnus, pitulus).
Adjective
petit m (oblique and nominative feminine singular petite)