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) Eye dialect spelling of petit.
2. (colloquial) Contraction of petit
3. (colloquial) 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