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单词 petite
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Definition of petite in English:

petite

adjective pəˈtiːtpəˈtit
  • (of a woman) attractively small and dainty.

    she was petite and vivacious
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The young lady was petite and delicate featured.
    • She was petite with delicate features and hands that seemed to be ageless.
    • A set of feet came quickly down the staircase, letting into view the figure of a petite woman in a loose white dress.
    • Following him was a petite woman who also was in her mid forties but didn't look a day over thirty five.
    • Classic Japanese and Thai restaurant, Zen, is recruiting petite women as waitresses at the restaurant.
    Synonyms
    small, dainty, diminutive, slight, little, tiny, elfin, delicate, small-boned
    Scottish wee
    informal pint-sized
    British informal dinky

Origin

Late 18th century: French, feminine of petit 'small'.

Rhymes

accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat
 
 

Definition of petite in US English:

petite

adjectivepəˈtitpəˈtēt
  • (of a woman) having a small and attractively dainty build.

    she was petite and vivacious
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was petite with delicate features and hands that seemed to be ageless.
    • A set of feet came quickly down the staircase, letting into view the figure of a petite woman in a loose white dress.
    • Following him was a petite woman who also was in her mid forties but didn't look a day over thirty five.
    • Classic Japanese and Thai restaurant, Zen, is recruiting petite women as waitresses at the restaurant.
    • The young lady was petite and delicate featured.
    Synonyms
    small, dainty, diminutive, slight, little, tiny, elfin, delicate, small-boned

Origin

Late 18th century: French, feminine of petit ‘small’.

 
 
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