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Definition of petite in English: petiteadjective pəˈtiːtpəˈtit (of a woman) attractively small and dainty. she was petite and vivacious Example sentencesExamples - The young lady was petite and delicate featured.
- She was petite with delicate features and hands that seemed to be ageless.
- A set of feet came quickly down the staircase, letting into view the figure of a petite woman in a loose white dress.
- Following him was a petite woman who also was in her mid forties but didn't look a day over thirty five.
- Classic Japanese and Thai restaurant, Zen, is recruiting petite women as waitresses at the restaurant.
Synonyms small, dainty, diminutive, slight, little, tiny, elfin, delicate, small-boned Scottish wee informal pint-sized British informal dinky
Origin Late 18th century: French, feminine of petit 'small'. Rhymes accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat Definition of petite in US English: petiteadjectivepəˈtitpəˈtēt (of a woman) having a small and attractively dainty build. she was petite and vivacious Example sentencesExamples - She was petite with delicate features and hands that seemed to be ageless.
- A set of feet came quickly down the staircase, letting into view the figure of a petite woman in a loose white dress.
- Following him was a petite woman who also was in her mid forties but didn't look a day over thirty five.
- Classic Japanese and Thai restaurant, Zen, is recruiting petite women as waitresses at the restaurant.
- The young lady was petite and delicate featured.
Synonyms small, dainty, diminutive, slight, little, tiny, elfin, delicate, small-boned
Origin Late 18th century: French, feminine of petit ‘small’. |