petite

(pə-tēt')
adj.
Small, slender, and trim. Used of a girl or woman. See synonyms at small.

n.
A clothing size for short slender women.

[French, feminine of petit. See petit.]

petiteness pe·tite'ness n.

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meaning 'attractively small' (usually with reference to a woman), is now usually spelt in roman type as a naturalized word.

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adjective

Notably below average in amount, size, or scope: bantam, little, small, smallish. See big/small/amount.

adj

Definition: very small
Antonyms: extra-large, huge, tall

1. describing a strain of yeast (or other) cells derived from a spontaneous mutant in which certain respiratory enzymes are defective or deficient, with consequent very slow growth and formation of unusually small colonies.
2. describing such a colony or mutant.

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For a list of words related to petite, see:

• Small, short, or thin

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lille og net
n. - lille og net person

idioms:

• petite bourgeoisie    småborgerlighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
klein en tenger (vrouw)

Français (French)
adj. - petite, menue
n. - taille petite

idioms:

• petite bourgeoisie    petite bourgeoisie

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zierlich
n. - der, die Kleine

idioms:

• petite bourgeoisie    Kleinbürgertum

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (για γυναίκα) μικροκαμωμένη, μινιόν

idioms:

• petite bourgeoisie    η μικροαστική τάξη

Italiano (Italian)
graziosa, piccolina

idioms:

• petite bourgeoisie    piccola borghesia

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - mignon, pequena

idioms:

• petite bourgeoisie    pequena burguesia

Русский (Russian)
миниатюрная, мелкая

idioms:

• petite bourgeoisie    мелкая буржуазия

Español (Spanish)
adj. - chiquita
n. - chiquita

idioms:

• petite bourgeoisie    pequeña burguesía

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - liten o nätt (damstorlek)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
个子小的, 娇小的, 妇女服装尺码小号

idioms:

• petite bourgeoisie    小资产阶级

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 個子小的, 嬌小的
n. - 婦女服裝尺碼小號

idioms:

• petite bourgeoisie    小資產階級

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - (여자가) 몸집이 작고 맵시 있는
n. - 작은 크기의 여성 옷

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 小柄な

idioms:

• petite bourgeoisie    プチブルジョア階級

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صغيرة القد, جميله أو أنيقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קטנה, עדינה‬
n. - ‮מידת בגד קטנה (לנשים), בגד במידה קטנה (לנשים)‬

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