PETIT

Definition: PETIT

PETIT

Adjective

1. Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PETIT" was first used: 11th century. (references)

Etymology: Petit \Pet"it\, adjective. [French expression See Petty.]. (references)

Affectation

Affector, performer, actor; pedant, pedagogue, doctrinaire, purist, euphuist, mannerist; grimacier; lump of affectation, precieuse ridicule, bas bleu, blue stocking, poetaster; prig; charlatan; (deceiver); (fop); flatterer; coquette, prude, puritan.

Envy

Phrase: " base envy withers at another's joy "; caeca invidia est; multa petentibus desunt multa;Phrase: " base envy withers at another's joy "; caeca invidia est; multa petentibus desunt multa; summa petit livor.

Crosswords: PETIT

French (child, diminutive, little, petty, quiet, remote, short, small, whelp), Hungarian (brevier), Latin (aim at, ask, attack, beg, desire, entreat, make for, reach towards, she seeks), Swedish (brevier).

References

• Petit Bateau: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Petit Boy: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Petit Forestier: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Petit Pan Squash . Credit: USDA.

M. Cazenave. / Lith. Paul Petit et Cie. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Machine de M. Petit pour la compression des vaisseaux. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Coste du petit jardin. Credit: Library of Congress.

Street scene in Shanghai, French Concession, Rue du Consulat at the corner of Rue Petit. Credit: Library of Congress.

Victor David House (Le Petit Salon) entrance stairway, 620 St. Peter Street, New Orleans. Credit: Library of Congress.

Le Petit journal donnera a tous ses acheteurs en prime gratuite les cartes des trois principaux fronts . . . Credit: Library of Congress.

'Le Petit parisien.' 'Tête de Boche,' grand roman national par Aristide Bruant. Credit: Library of Congress.

Le Petit journal donnera a tous ses acheteurs en prime gratuite les cartes des trois principaux fronts . . . Credit: Library of Congress.

'Le Petit parisien.' 'Tête de Boche,' grand roman national par Aristide Bruant. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

We have but little to add to what the reader already knows, concerning what had happened to Jean Valjean, since his adventure with Petit Gervais

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Twenty percent of males with Fragile X are prone to seizures, including petit mal, grand mal, and temporal lobe seizures. (references)

These seizures are sometimes referred to as petit mal seizures, which is an older term. Tonic seizures cause stiffening of muscles of the body, generally those in the back, legs, and arms. Clonic seizures cause repeated jerking movements of muscles on both sides of the body. Myoclonic seizures cause jerks or twitches of the upper body, arms, or legs. Atonic seizures cause a loss of normal muscle tone. The affected person will fall down or may nod his or her head involuntarily. (references)

Economic History

Grenada

Subdivisions: Six parishes and one dependency (Carriacou and Petit Martinique). (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

For example, the mayors of Hinche, Maissade, Miragoane, and Petit Goave employ small paramilitary groups loyal only to them. (references)

Political Economy

Grenada

Grenada and 2 smaller islands, Carriacou and Petit Martinique, have a population of approximately 98,000. The country has a free market economy based on agriculture and tourism. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "PETIT": canal of Petit ♦ petit bourgeois ♦ Petit canal ♦ petit constable ♦ petit dejeuner ♦ petit four ♦ petit granit ♦ petit juror ♦ petit jury ♦ petit larceny ♦ petit larceny are ♦ petit maitre ♦ petit mal ♦ petit mal epilepsy ♦ petit pluvier à collier ♦ petit point ♦ petit rire ♦ petit sergeanty ♦ petit serjeanty ♦ petit treason ♦ summa petit livor. Additional references.

Beginning with "PETIT": petit-bourgeois, petit-bourgeoisie, Petit-clamart, Petit-goave, petit-grain, petit-maitre, petit-point, Petit-saut.

Albanian

i vogël (baby, diminutive, exiguous, Ling, little, one horse, paltry, peripheral, petty, pimping, pocket-size, poky, reckling, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimpy, small, trivial, undersized). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ضحكة مكتومة (chuckle, petit rire). (various references)

Danish

petit mal-absence (absentia epileptica, petit mal absence), Petit's trekant (Petit triangle), petit mal triade (petit mal triad), petit mal (petit mal), petit mal-tilfaelde (petit-mal case), petit point (petit point), petit-granit (Belgian granite, ecaussine, Flanders granite, petit granit), Petit's incision (Petit incision), Petit's kanal (Petit canal, zonular spaces), Petit's ligament (Petit ligament), petit mal status (petit mal status), epilepsia minor (absence seizures, generalized nonconvulsive seizure, petit mal epilepsia, petit mal seizure), belgisk granit (Belgian granite, ecaussine, Flanders granite, petit granit), canalis Petiti (canal of Petit, Petit canal), du Petit's syndrom (Petit syndrome), ecaussines (Belgian granite, ecaussine, Flanders granite, petit granit), Flandern-granit (Belgian granite, ecaussine, Flanders granite, petit granit), kortvarigt epileptisk anfald uden kramper (minor epilepsy, petit mal), ligamentum sacrouterinum (Petit ligament), myoklon petit mal (myoclonic petit mal), absence (absence, petit mal), oral petit-mal (oral petit mal), myoklon-astatisk petit mal (myoclonic astatic petit mal). (various references)

Dutch

petit mal (petit mal). (various references)

Finnish

pikkukohtaus (absence seizures, generalized nonconvulsive seizure, petit mal epilepsia, petit mal seizure), petit mal (absence seizures, generalized nonconvulsive seizure, petit mal epilepsia, petit mal seizure). (various references)

French

petit mal myoclono-astatique (myoclonic astatic petit mal), petit granit (petit granit), petit jury (petit jury), PETIT FOUR (petit four), petit mal oral (oral petit mal), petit point (petit point), petit suisse (petit suisse cheese), petit-four (petit four), pierre bleue (petit granit), petit mal (petit mal), état de petit mal (petit mal status), espace de Petit (Petit canal), état d'absence (petit mal status), épilepsie type "petit mal" (petit mal epilepsia, petit mal seizure), absences du petit mal (petit mal absence), canal de PETIT (canal of Petit, Petit canal), canal du Petit (Petit canal), canal godronné (Petit canal), cas de petit-mal (petit-mal case), granit belge (petit granit), granit des Flandres (petit granit), incision de Jean Louis Petit (Petit incision), mal myoclonique (myoclonic petit mal), écaussines (petit granit), myoclonies du petit mal (myoclonic petit mal), triangle lombaire de Jean Louis Petit (Petit triangle), syndrome de du Petit (Petit syndrome), triade du petit mal (petit mal triad), triangle de Petit (Petit triangle), membre d'un petit jury (petit juror). (various references)

German

unbedeutend (fractional, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inconsiderably, insignificant, minimal, minor, negligible, nonsignificant, obscure, of no account, pettily, petty, piddling, trifling, trivial, trivially, unimportant). (various references)

Greek 

μικρόσ (little, minor, petty, piccaroon, piddling, puny, scrimp, short, slight, small). (various references)

Hungarian

kis (baby elephant, bonny, breaker, brownie, combo, drab, dribblet, driblet, ducky, jumper, little, low, pipsqueak, pygmy, ringlet, shakeout, small, tattler). (various references)

Italian

piccolo male (petit mal). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

プシバルスキー馬 (petit bourgeois, Przewalski's horse, push, push cart, small). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

プチブルジョア (petit bourgeois), プチブル (petit bourgeois). (various references)

Pig Latin

etitpay.(various references)

Portuguese

Petit mal; epilepsia menor (petit mal), pequeno mal oral (oral petit mal), pequeno mal mioclónico-astático (myoclonic astatic petit mal), pequeno mal mioclónico (myoclonic petit mal), pequeno mal (petit mal), ligamento de Petit (Petit ligament), ausência epiléptica (absence, absentia epileptica, petit mal absence, temporary loss of consciousness), ausências do pequeno mal (absentia epileptica, petit mal absence), canal de Petit (Petit canal, zonular spaces), estado de ausência (petit mal status), estado de pequeno mal (petit mal status), granito belga (Belgian granite, ecaussine, Flanders granite, petit granit), écaussines (Belgian granite, ecaussine, Flanders granite, petit granit), incisão de Jean Louis Petit (Petit incision), triângulo de Petit (Petit triangle), síndrome de Petit (Petit syndrome), tríada do pequeno mal (petit mal triad), granito da Flandres (Belgian granite, ecaussine, Flanders granite, petit granit). (various references)

Romanian

formã slabã de epilepsie (petit mal), burghez (bourgeois-landlord, burgher, citizen, petit bourgeois). (various references)

Russian 

малый (bloke, chap, cove, exiguous, fellow, guy, Johnny, lesser, little). (various references)

Spanish

pequeño burgués (petit bourgeois), punto pequeño (petit point), punto menudo (petit point), piedra azul,granito de Flandes (Belgian granite, ecaussine, Flanders granite, petit granit), pequeño mal oral (oral petit mal), pequeño mal mioclonoastásico (myoclonic astatic petit mal), pequeño granito (Belgian granite, ecaussine, Flanders granite, petit granit), conducto de Petit (canal of Petit, Petit canal), crisis de ausencia (absence seizures, generalized nonconvulsive seizure, petit mal epilepsia, petit mal seizure), ecaussines (Belgian granite, ecaussine, Flanders granite, petit granit), epilepsia menor (absentia epileptica, petit mal absence), estado de ausencia (petit mal status), granito belga (Belgian granite, ecaussine, Flanders granite, petit granit), incisión de Petit (Petit incision), ausencia del pequeño mal (absentia epileptica, petit mal absence), mioclonías del pequeño mal (myoclonic petit mal), triángulo de Petit (Petit triangle), síndrome de Petit (Petit syndrome), tríada del pequeño mal (petit mal triad), ligamento de Petit (Petit ligament). (various references)

Turkish

ufak (little, micro-, peddling, petty, scrubby, small, tiddly), minyon, minik (diminutive, minuscule, minute, small, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny), küçük (baby, bantam, child, fiddling, inconsiderable, infant, infra-, junior, kid, little, micro-, mini, mini-, minor, minuscule, nano-, not healthy, one horse, paltry, peanut, petty, piddling, poky, remote, slight, small, snug, tiddly, trifling, trivial, undersized, young, younger). (various references)

four, petit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "PETIT": petite, petiteness, petitenesses, petites, petition, petitionary, petitioned, petitioner, petitioners, petitioning, petitions. (additional references)

Words containing "PETIT": anticompetitive, appetite, appetites, appetitive, competition, competitions, competitive, competitively, competitiveness, competitivenesses, competitor, competitors, counterpetition, counterpetitioned, counterpetitioning, counterpetitions, hypercompetitive, noncompetition, noncompetitive, noncompetitor, noncompetitors, repetition, repetitional, repetitions, repetitious, repetitiously, repetitiousness, repetitiousnesses, repetitive, repetitively, repetitiveness, repetitivenesses, supercompetitive, uncompetitive, uncompetitiveness, uncompetitivenesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"PETIT" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apetit, eprit, ketziot, Patitvr, peetie, peit, penit, penti, Pentith, Pentti, pepit, perit, petai, peteta, peti, petia, petic, petie, petil, petin, petito, petits, Petitti, Petitto, Petkim, petrit, pett, pette, petti, pevit, pitit, pitot, potist, Pyett. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: petti.

-2 letters: pet, pie, pit, tet, tie, tip.

-3 letters: et, it, pe, pi, ti.

+1 letter: pattie, petite, pitted, tippet, tiptoe.

+2 letters: apatite, epithet, partite, patient, patties, petites, pettier, pettily, petting, pettish, pietist, pipette, pottier, potties, puttied, puttier, putties, spitted, spitter, spittle, tintype, tippets, tipster, tiptoed, tiptoes, triplet, trippet, typiest.

+3 letters: antitype, apatetic, apatites, appetite, aptitude, capitate, emptiest, epithets, impotent, inputted, nepotist, optative, pastiest, pathetic, patients, patinate, patootie, peatiest, penitent, pestiest, petition, pettiest, pettifog, pettings, pettling, pietists, pipetted, pipettes, pithiest, pittance, platiest, plottier, plotties, politest, pottiest, poutiest, preterit, prettied, prettier, pretties, prettify, prettily, putative, puttiers, spitters, spittles, splitter, spottier, stipites, tempting, tephrite, tepidity, thiotepa, tinplate, tintypes, tippiest, tippytoe, tipsiest, tipsters, tittuped, triplets, triplite, trippets, triptane, uptilted.