petite vitessen.

Brit.

/pəˈtiːt vᵻˈtɛs/, U.S.

/pəˈtit vᵻˈtɛs/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French petite vitesse.

Etymology: < French petite vitesse (1866 or earlier in this sense), literally ‘little speed’ < petite , feminine of petit (see petit adj.) + vitesse speed (1680 in this sense, c1165 in Old French as vistece in sense ‘agility’; < vite quick, fast (12th cent. in Old French as viste ; of uncertain origin, perhaps imitative) + -esse -ess suffix²).

Now rare.

A slow train.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > slow train

petite vitesse1867

slow1956

1867 Times 22 Jan. 4/2 Reduced through rates to Paris for goods for the Exhibition, by goods train and petite vitesse services.

1921 M. Beerbohm Lett. to R. Turner (1964) 258 I..told him that you had ordered the book for me, and that I expected it had been sent by petite vitesse.

1930 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) iii. 27 I..bought..old painted doors and cupboards, and stone ornaments, to be sent home by Petite Vitesse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petite vitesse
释义	petite vitessen. Brit. /pəˈtiːt vᵻˈtɛs/, U.S. /pəˈtit vᵻˈtɛs/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French petite vitesse. Etymology: < French petite vitesse (1866 or earlier in this sense), literally ‘little speed’ < petite , feminine of petit (see petit adj.) + vitesse speed (1680 in this sense, c1165 in Old French as vistece in sense ‘agility’; < vite quick, fast (12th cent. in Old French as viste ; of uncertain origin, perhaps imitative) + -esse -ess suffix²). Now rare. A slow train. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > slow train petite vitesse1867 slow1956 1867 Times 22 Jan. 4/2 Reduced through rates to Paris for goods for the Exhibition, by goods train and petite vitesse services. 1921 M. Beerbohm Lett. to R. Turner (1964) 258 I..told him that you had ordered the book for me, and that I expected it had been sent by petite vitesse. 1930 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) iii. 27 I..bought..old painted doors and cupboards, and stone ornaments, to be sent home by Petite Vitesse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1867
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