petit /formerly petˈit, now petˈi, pə-tēˈ or as Fr pə-tē/

A form of petty, in sense of insignificant, now obsolete except in legal and other French terms

petite /pə-tētˈ/ adjective

1. Applied to a woman, small-made (with a suggestion of neatness)
2. A variant spelling of petit, applied to either sex (obsolete)

petit battement /bat-mã/ noun (ballet)

A light tapping or beating with the foot

petit bourgeois /boor-zhwä/ noun

A member of the lower middle class

petit déjeuner /dā-zhœ-nā/ noun

Breakfast

petite bourgeoisie /boor-zhwä-zē/ noun

The lower middle class

Petite Sirah /si-rä/ noun

1. A grape orig cultivated in SE France, now widely grown in the Americas
2. A red wine made from this grape

petit four /fōr, för or foor/ noun

A small very fancy biscuit

petit grain /grān/ noun

Dried unripe bitter oranges, or an oil distilled from them or their leaves and twigs

petit jury noun (law)

A jury of twelve people, in England now the only form of jury (also petty jury; see also grand juror under grand¹)

petit maître /me-tr’/ noun

A fop

petit mal /mal/ noun

A mild form of epilepsy without convulsions

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• big screen
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• big shot
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• big society
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