chétif

Meaning

1. puny, scrawny
2. meagre, paltry

Concepts

runty

shortish

weak

short

stunted

feeble

puny

short person

dwarf

midgit

frail

misshapen

pipsqueak

runt

sickly

weakly

Synonyms

malingre

débile

faible

frêle

grêle

courtaud

difforme

étiolé

faiblard

freluquet

maigrichon

failli

gringalet

minable

misérable

nain

usé

Translations

cılız

gracile

escarransit

desnerit

lumpig

kümmerlich

schwächlich

stentato

zayıf

stentino

feingliedrig

kränklich

dürftig

schmächtig

klein

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃe.tif/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: chaitif

Inherited from Latin: captīvus

Cognate with Irish: cacht

Cognate with Welsh: caeth

Cognate with Italian: cattivo

In summary

Inherited from Old French chaitif, caitif, from Vulgar Latin *cactivus, from a combination of Latin captīvus (“prisoner”) with Transalpine Gaulish *caxtos, from Proto-Celtic *kaxtos (compare Irish cacht, Welsh caeth). Compare also Italian cattivo (“bad”). See also French captif, a borrowed doublet.