PETITE

Meaning of PETITE in English

/ pəˈtiːt; NAmE / adjective

( approving ) ( of a girl, woman or her figure ) small and thin :

a petite blonde

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WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent.: French , feminine of petit small.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PETITE — gamay
English-Visayan vocabulary
PETITE — I. adjective Etymology: French, feminine of petit Date: 1784 having a small trim figure, ~ness noun II. noun Date: circa …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PETITE — I. pəˈtēt, usu -ēd.+V adjective Etymology: French, feminine of petit : small and trim of figure : little — usually …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PETITE — (a.) Small, little; of a woman or girl, of small size and trim figure.
Английский словарь Webster
PETITE — — petiteness , n. /peuh teet"/ , adj. 1. (of a woman) short and having a small, trim figure; diminutive. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PETITE — adj. small, little (French)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PETITE — I. pə-ˈtēt adjective Etymology: French, feminine of petit Date: 1784 : having a small trim figure — usually used of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PETITE — add. ·adj small, little; of a woman or girl, of small size and trim figure.
Webster English vocab
PETITE — [ pə'ti:t ] ■ adjective (of a woman) attractively small and dainty. Origin C18: Fr., feminine of petit 'small'.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PETITE — [pe.tite] adj [F, fem. of petit] (1784): having a small trim figure--usu. used of a woman -- pe.tite.ness n [2]petite …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PETITE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PETITE — pe ‧ tite /pəˈtiːt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: petit 'small' used for feminine …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PETITE — adj. (of a woman) of small and dainty build. ø petite bourgeoisie the lower middle classes. [F, fem. of PETIT]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PETITE — adj. (of a woman) of small and dainty build. petite bourgeoisie the lower middle classes. [ F, fem. of PETIT …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PETITE — adj. (of a woman) of small and dainty build. Phrases and idioms: petite bourgeoisie the lower middle classes. Etymology: F, …
Oxford English vocab
PETITE — If you describe a woman as petite , you are politely saying that she is small and is not fat. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PETITE — If you describe a woman as ~, you are politely saying that she is small and is not fat. ADJ
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PETITE — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ petite hands ▪ His wife was a petite dark-haired woman in her early thirties. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PETITE — [adjective] approving - (of a woman or girl) small and delicateShe was dark and petite, as all his wives had …
Cambridge English vocab
PETITE — Synonyms and related words : bantam, cramped, dainty, delicate, diminutive, dinky, dwarf, exiguous, half-pint, knee-high, lilliputian, limited, little, miniature, monkey, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PETITE — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: SMALL 1, bantam, little, monkey, smallish Related Words: diminutive, dwarf, lilliputian, miniature, wee
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PETITE — adjective Synonyms: small 1, bantam, little, monkey, smallish Related Word: diminutive, dwarf, lilliputian, miniature, wee
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PETITE — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
PETITE — adj. Petite is used with these nouns: ↑ frame
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PETITE — See ↑ SHORT 7
Longman Activator English vocab
PETITE — adj. 25B6; adjective SMALL, dainty, diminutive, slight, little, tiny, elfin, delicate, small-boned; Scottish wee; informal pint-sized.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PETITE — adj. delicate, dainty, mignon(ne), diminutive, small, little, slight, tiny, small-boned, Colloq Brit dinky It was incongruous to see the basketball …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PETITE — Win32 (Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP) executable (EXE/DLL/etc...) compressor. The compressed executables decompress themselves at run time, and can be used just like …
Code Analysis English vocabulary
PETITE — прил. маленькая, маленького роста, изящная маленькая, маленького роста, изящная
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PETITE — Маленький
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PETITE — adj. petite bourgeoisie petite sirah petite syrah
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PETITE — adj. Function: noun Date: circa 1929 : a clothing size for short women
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PETITE — adj. Pronunciation: p ə - ' t ē t Function: adjective Etymology: French, feminine of petit Date: 1784 : having …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PETITE — Маленькая
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PETITE — a маленькая, маленького роста, изящная
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PETITE — миниатюрный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PETITE — (a) изящная; маленькая
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PETITE — (0) маленького роста
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PETITE — a маленькая, маленького роста, изящная
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PETITE — a маленькая, маленького роста, изящная
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PETITE — adj. маленький, маленькая, маленького роста, изящный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PETITE — adj. маленький, маленькая, маленького роста, изящный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PETITE — прил. маленькая, маленького роста, изящная
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PETITE — прил. маленькая, маленького роста, изящная
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PETITE — _a. маленькая, маленького роста, изящная
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PETITE — a. маленькая, маленького роста, изящная
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PETITE — маленькая
English-Russian Online Dictionary
PETITE — маленькая
English-Russian vocab
PETITE — прил. маленькая, маленького роста, изящная маленькая, маленького роста, изящная
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PETITE — миниатюрный
Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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