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petit

/pə.ti/

adjective/pə.ti/

small; little; petty

un petit verre de vina small glass of wine

Antonyms: grand

Inherited from Old French petit, from Vulgar Latin pittitus (775; compare Latin pitinnus, pitulus). Compare Spanish pequeño.

noun, masculine/pə.ti/plural: petits

petit is masculine in French.

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".A young rabbit is called a "kit".

Inherited from Old French petit, from Vulgar Latin pittitus (775; compare Latin pitinnus, pitulus). Compare Spanish pequeño.