petit

small, little

Opposite of

gros

Pronounced as (IPA)

[pəˈtit]

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin pittitus, an expressive creation (with variant forms pitinnus, pitulus, piccinus, pitikkus, etc.). Compare Occitan and French petit.

Concepts

small

little

young

modest

tiny

kid

🧒

baby

👶

insignificant

kit

lilliputian

low

lowly

minor

negligible

niggling

offspring

peanut

petty

picayune

piddling

piffling

pocket-size

short

small-scale

toddler

tot

trivial

unpracticed

yearling

pocket-sized

yonge

bambino

belittled

diminished

fiddling

footling

humble

Synonyms

menut

petita

xic

modest

insignificant

reduït

benjamí

trivial

xicotet

nimi

lleu

insubstancial

cria

empetitit

inconsiderable

intrascendent

fútil

benjamina

humil

senzill

menor

negligible

Translations

pequeño

pequeno

petit

piccolo

mały

klein

klein

küçük

μικρός

parvus

jeune

pichon

mała

małe

chico

Sentences

Perquè la botiga també té un marge petit .

Because the store also has a small margin.

El mascle és normalment més petit i prim que la femella .

The male is usually smaller and thinner than the female.

En aquest instrument , el component d'atenuació també és molt petit .

In this instrument, the attenuation component is also very small.