Definitions For Petit

Etymology 1

From Middle English petit, from Old French petit, from Latin pitittus, diminutive of , possibly from , pitulus. .

Adjective

(now, uncommon, of, _, size) petite, petite: small, little. petty, petty, in its various senses: (obsolete) few, few in number. (now, uncommon, of, _, objects) unimportant, unimportant; cheap; easily replaced. (legal, of, _, scale) small, small, minor. (now, rare) secondary, secondary; lower in rank.

Derived terms

Related terms

petite, petty

See also

puisne, puny

Noun

PETIT (plural PETITs) (obsolete, usually, in the plural) A little schoolboy. (obsolete, rare) A kind of pigeon.

Etymology 2

From petit, , brevier directly or via Petit, , brevier.

Noun

PETIT (uncountable) (printing, dated, French and German contexts) .

Anagrams

Petti

Is Petit a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
8

The word Petit is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends

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