Noun: petit
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | petit |
| Singular f | petite |
| Plural m | petits |
Sample Sentences
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Le petit du lapin s'appelle le "lapereau". (A young rabbit is called a "kit".)
Nouns inflected like petit
Nigérian,
savant,
soldat,
publiant,
Colombard,
Auvergnat,
Manitobain,
Sahraoui,
youpin,
adjutant-chef,
retraité,
bien-pensant,
plaisantin,
bourrin,
bougnat,
viandard,
survivant,
Dominicain,
coaccusé,
bagnard, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French petit, from Vulgar Latin pittitus (775; compare Latin pitinnus, pitulus). Compare Spanish pequeño. See: Latin Nouns '
pitinnus'.
Verbs referencing "petit"
English Nouns
petty, Romanian Nouns
pic, Slovak Nouns
petit, Faroese Nouns
petti, Italian Nouns
piccino, Portuguese Nouns
pequeno, English Nouns
brevier, Finnish Nouns
petiitti, Galician Nouns
pitelo, Galician Nouns
pitela, English Nouns
petty knife, Asturian Nouns
pitisú.
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