• Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: petit 'small, little, narrow, young, humble'


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
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English petit from 13thc. to 18thc. '...' 1. 'of small size, small, also occasionally: few or small in number', 2. also petty: 1. 'of little importance or value, insignificant, trifling', 2. 'subordinate, minor, on a small scale, sometimes as opposed to grand', 3. 'in special collocations (rarely hyphened), as an earlier form or variant of petty: petit costum, petit bag, canon, captain, officer, 3. 'a little boy in a grammar school, a junior schoolboy', 4. 'a variety of a domestic pigeon' The Oxford English Dictionary: Second Edition, CLaredon Press, Oxford 1989, 631-632
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German petit ... 'small, delicate, little, nice' '...' Birken-Silvermann 2003: 134
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Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...

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