petitto

Italian

Alternative forms

• petetto, pitetto

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French petit, from Vulgar Latin *pitittus, of probably imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈtit.to/
• Rhymes: -itto
• Hyphenation: pe‧tìt‧to

Adjective

petitto (feminine petitta, masculine plural petitti, feminine plural petitte)

1. (obsolete) small, little

   Synonyms: (literary) parvo, piccolo

   Antonyms: grande, (archaic, literary) magno

Further reading

• petitto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana