petite

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See also: Petite and pétite

English

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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petite (comparative more petite, superlative most petite)

  1. (especially of a woman) Fairly short and of slim build.
  2. (clothing) Of small size; intended for small-framed adult women.
  3. Small, little; insignificant; petty.
    • 1662, Galileo Galilei, translated by Thomas Salisbury, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems:
      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?

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Noun

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petite (plural petites)

  1. (genetics) A mutant first discovered in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, forming small colonies when grown in the presence of fermentable carbon sources such as glucose.
    • 2005, Giorgio Bernardi, Structural and Evolutionary Genomics, page 39:
      The primary structure of the mitochondrial genomes of these petites had been previously determined []

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Adverb

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petite

  1. past adverbial passive participle of peti

French

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petite

  1. feminine singular of petit

Latin

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Verb

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petite

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of petō