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Definition of petite adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

petite

adjective
 
/pəˈtiːt/
 
/pəˈtiːt/
(from French, approving)
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  1. (of a girl, woman or her figure) small and thin
    • a petite blonde
    • She was fair-haired and petite.
    • With her slim, petite figure, she could have been any age from 13 to 30.
    Topics Appearancec2, Clothes and Fashionc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPetite is used with these nouns:
    • frame
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: French, feminine of petit ‘small’.
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