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# petite

adjective (petite)

«petite» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (of a girl or woman) Small, short and slim in a pretty way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petite/#m1)
2. Used for clothing sizes for shorter women. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petite/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it is used in shops for clothes sizes and to describe someone politely. In stories it describes a small, neat character. A borrowed French word. Phrases: petite size.

### Examples

- My aunt is petite and wears small shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petite/#x1)
- The shop has a petite section. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petite/#x2)
- The petite dancer leapt across the stage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petite/#x3)
- She looked petite next to her tall brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petite/#x4)
- These jeans come in petite and tall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petite/#x5)
- A petite girl in a red coat waved at us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petite/#x6)

### Note

Borrowed from French (meaning small); say «puh-TEET». Mostly used of women, not men or objects. It is polite and positive, unlike «tiny» or «skinny».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «petite» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petite/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«petite» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petite.html) on Mova free.