p'tit

See also: ptit

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p.ti/

Adjective

p’tit (feminine p’tite, masculine plural p’tits, feminine plural p’tites)

1. (colloquial, slang) Eye dialect spelling of petit.
2. (colloquial, slang) Contraction of petit
3. (colloquial, slang) Syncopic form of petit

Derived terms

• je te garde un p’tit de ma chienne
• p’tit déj

Norman

Alternative forms

• pétit

Etymology

From Old French petit.

Adjective

p'tit m

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) small
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 512:

     A p'tit pourche grosse pânais.

     The little pig gets the big parsnip.

Derived terms

• pétite-nièche (“great-niece”)

Picard

Etymology

From Old French petit.

Adjective

p'tit m (feminine singular p'tite, masculine plural p'tits, feminine plural p'tites)

1. small