Petite - English meaning

adjective

Delicately small and pretty.

Usage examples:

A dainty lace handkerchief

noun

Something good to eat; a delicacy.

Usage examples:

Home-made breads, jams, and dainties

adjective

Small and attractive in a delicate way

Usage examples:

A dainty wrist/hand, dainty flowers

adjective

Very fine in texture or structure; of intricate workmanship or quality.

Usage examples:

A delicate lace shawl

noun

A delicate fabric or garment.

Usage examples:

The delicates cycle of a washing machine

adjective

Needing careful treatment, esp. because easily damaged

Usage examples:

A delicate flower, delicate jewelry, the negotiations have reached a delicate stage., it’s a delica…

adjective

Extremely or unusually small.

Usage examples:

A diminutive figure dressed in black

noun

A diminutive word or suffix.

Usage examples:

The word is a diminutive of inland navigator, referring to the men who built the canals that preced…

adjective

Small

Usage examples:

My grandmother was a diminutive woman, less than 5 feet tall.

adjective

(of an object or place) attractively small and neat.

Usage examples:

A dinky little restaurant

noun

A partner in a well-off working couple with no children.

Usage examples:

Even those dinkies with high incomes are priced out of the market

noun

Denoting a miniature motor vehicle of die-cast metal.

Usage examples:

For example, a die-cast dinky lorry that sold for less than £1 in 1950 fetched £12,000 earlier this…

adjective

(of a person or their face) small and delicate, typically with a mischievous charm.

Usage examples:

Her black hair suited her elfin face

noun

An elf.

Usage examples:

And yarthe was empty, but for the elfin, and the elfin quite naturally took it for theirs.

adjective

Used to describe a person who is small and delicate

Usage examples:

Her features were small, almost elfin.

adjective

Small in size, amount, or degree (often used to convey an appealing diminutiveness or express an affectionate or condescending attitude).

Usage examples:

The plants will grow into little bushes

adverb

To a small extent.

Usage examples:

He reminded me a little of my parents

determiner & pronoun

A small amount of.

Usage examples:

We got a little help from a training scheme

adjective

Infmlsmaller than usual or expected

Usage examples:

The school library was full of pint-sized scientists setting up their science experiments.

adjective

Small in degree; inconsiderable.

Usage examples:

A slight increase

verb

Insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention.

Usage examples:

He was desperate not to slight a guest

noun

An insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention.

Usage examples:

An unintended slight can create grudges

adjective

Of a size that is less than normal or usual.

Usage examples:

The room was small and quiet

adverb

Into small pieces.

Usage examples:

Cut the okra up small

plural noun

Small items of clothing, especially underwear.

Usage examples:

Do we know if secreted about his smalls he has a pair of boxer shorts in either the ancient or red …

adjective

Very small.

Usage examples:

A tiny hummingbird

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

Books that will make tinies and parents laugh out loud

adjective

Little.

Usage examples:

When i was just a wee bairn

noun

Urine.

Usage examples:

There was wee all over the floor

verb

Urinate.

Usage examples:

Mummy comes in and takes her top and knickers off when she is drunk and wees on the carpet.