petite
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4.1
- adjective
- /pəˈtiːt/
- Georgina Rosemont was petite and wore sensible, low-heeled, highly polished walking shoes.
- petite woman
- petite brunette
- petite girl
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Watch on YouTubeBut she's starting a line for petite, curvy plus size women.
- But she's starting a line for petite, curvy plus size women.
- Becky originally was a small, petite and frail white woman.
- This is called the Petite Melissa Bando Thai waist jumpsuit in red.
- She's petite, she's got the glasses.
- I think it looks better on a more petite frame.
- Hourglass, apple, pear, rectangle, inverted triangle, tall, petite, etcetera.
- We can go tricks, we can go thick, we can go skinny or petite.
- I'm extremely curvy and Soph is very slim and very petite.
- And what they want is like blonde hair, blue eyes or brunette, petite, sporty, goes to the gym, loyal.
- My understanding was that that was to do with like small feet being more feminine and petite.
- I'm not that obviously petite petite mate.
- Double use of my eye skin with this petite brush.
Examples
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She's very small, very petite.
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Samuel studied the beautiful, petite woman before him.
Fiction book (2001) -
Hey, petite girl, what's your name?
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I thanked God that I'd inherited petite genes from my petite mother.
Fiction book (2001) -
Barb was petite, 30 years old, and pregnant with her seventh child when she was interviewed.
Academic text (2000) -
One of my older friends and favorite students was a petite, red-headed woman named Hildegard.
Academic text (1999) -
The other woman was a petite, blond, very pretty, and very self-confident Frenchwoman.
Fiction book (1994) -
"I think we'd better start the meeting," said a petite red-haired woman in a forest green skirted suit.
Fiction book (2001) -
Trillian looks down at a petite old woman, dressed impeccably, delicate, frail, her beauty long faded except from her eyes.
Fiction book (1998) -
The petite dress fit her perfectly, emphasizing her slender figure.
Synonyms
91
1.0
Thin and with little body fat
64
1.4
Thin and graceful in shape
14
3.2
Thin and not strongly built
9
2.0
A little smaller than usual
1
3.5
Having a thin, narrow body shape
1
4.6
Having a long thin body
Antonyms
Compounds
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Petite comes from the French word petit, which means 'small', and the added -e makes it the female form, so petite describes a woman who is small or slender. That's why we use petite to talk about a woman's small build.