petite

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/pəˈtiːt/

Definition of petite

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (especially)Fairly short and of slim build.
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adj

  1. (especially)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?”

noun

  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 […]”

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

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