petite
Meanings
Plural: petites
Noun
- a garment size for short or slender women
- A mutant first discovered in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, forming small colonies when grown in the presence of fermentable carbon sources such as glucose.
Adjective Satellite
- very small
- "her petite figure"
Adj
- Fairly short and of slim build.
- Of small size; intended for small-framed adult women.
- Small, little; insignificant; petty.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French petite f, feminine of petit m (“small, little”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
petite is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpetite is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
petite is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
petite is a valid Words With Friends word