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Petite - 5 dictionary results

pe⋅tite

[puh-teet]
–adjective
1. (of a woman) short and having a small, trim figure; diminutive.
–noun
2. a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
3. a garment in such a size: The petites are on that rack.
4. a woman or girl who wears clothing of such a size.

Origin:
1705–15; < F; fem. of petit
Language Translation for : Petite
Spanish: chiquita, menuda, German: adrett, Japanese: 小柄な
pe·tite     (pə-tēt')  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

pe·tite'ness n.

petite 
1712, "little," in Fr. phrases taken into Eng., from Fr. petite, fem. of petit "little," from O.Fr. (see petit). As a size in women's clothing, attested from 1929.

petite

adjective
1. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn: bantam

noun
1. a garment size for short or slender women 

Petite

Pe*tite"\, a. [F., fem. of petit.] Small, little; of a woman or girl, of small size and trim figure.

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