Petit meaning

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Lesser in seriousness or scale.
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Small or of less importance; petty.
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Little, minor. Also spelled petty.
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(law or obsolete) Small or minor.
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Origin of petit

  • Middle English from Old French

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Petit Sentence Examples

  • The Catechisme and the Petit Volume have also been translated into several European languages.

  • Pascagoula and Point aux Chenes bays; separated from it by the shallow and practically unnavigable Mississippi Sound is a chain of low, long and narrow sand islands, the largest of which are Petit Bois, Horn, Ship and Cat.

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