p'tit
See also: ptit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
p’tit (feminine p’tite, masculine plural p’tits, feminine plural p’tites)
- (colloquial, slang) Eye dialect spelling of petit.
- (colloquial, slang) Contraction of petit
- (colloquial, slang) Syncopic form of petit
Derived terms edit
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French petit.
Adjective edit
p'tit m
- (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 edit
- pétite-nièche (“great-niece”)
Picard edit
Etymology edit
From Old French petit.
Adjective edit
p'tit m (feminine singular p'tite, masculine plural p'tits, feminine plural p'tites)