Meaning of petite in English

petite

adjective

/pəˈtiːt/ us

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approving

If a woman or girl is petite, she is small and thin in an attractive way:

She was dark and petite, as was her wife.

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not great in size, amount, etc.

smallI live in a small town.
littleShe's a good little girl.
a littleI just want a little ice cream.
a little (bit)I was a little bit upset that she ate the last piece of cake.
tinyHis body was covered in tiny red spots.

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having less flesh on the body than average

thinShe's on a diet but I think she's already too thin.
skinnyYou should eat more. You're much too skinny.
scrawnyHe hated his scrawny legs.
slimHe was tall, very slim, with pale, deep-set eyes.
slenderHe put his arms around her slender waist.

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of a clothing size that is for small women

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Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people)

Style & appearance of clothes

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petite

adjective

/pəˈtit/

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of smaller than average height

Petite is also a size of clothing for small women.

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The elaborations of the numerous petites reprises are particularly attractive.

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Overall competitive differences between the strains can be enhanced by converting them to petites (aerobic respiration incompetent).

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What make them petites are their relatively low admission standards, and curricula oriented towards practical engineering.

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The petite strains, in contrast, showed the same plateau values before and after transfers.

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At times his zeal to redeem petite bourgeois politics carries his argument too far.

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Their portraitures represented for decades the social, economic, gender, and political ideals of the emerging bourgeoisie, the petite bourgeoisie, and the culture they would forge.

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In grande competitions was not significantly different from zero, and in petite competitions was substantially larger.

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While the state tried to transform the petite bourgeoisie, so they sought to shape the structures of the state.

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The book proves that, contrary to an opinion current at the turn of the nineteenth century, the petite bourgeoisie survived both industrialisation and urbanisation.

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Compare this to the reverse effect that may occur in societies that value petite frames; culture plays an important part here as well.

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Here we examine the effects of a mutational defect in mismatch repair, and the effects of converting the cells from grande to petite.

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Young girls, locally called as "petites bonnes" (little maids), are sent to work as live in domestic servants, many aged 10 or less.

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The grande strains have a mean not significantly different from zero, whereas the petite stains centre about a positive value.

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She was a petite bourgeoise, a grocer's daughter; they were mostly upper-middle class or upper-class and also wealthy.

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All in all, the culture and outlook of the petite bourgeoisie remain areas which still require a good deal of research.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

（女子）嬌小的, （婦女服裝）小號的…

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