petit UK /ˈpɛti/US /ˈpɛtət/adjective 6noun 3forms 3 adjective6 •Petite: small, little.And by what small, petit Hints does the Mind catch hold of, and recover a vanishing Notion? — 1684 •Small, minor. •Petty, in its various senses. •Unimportant; cheap; easily replaced. •(no longer used) Secondary; lower in rank. •(no longer used) Few in number. noun3 •(old-fashioned) Synonym of brevier. •[usually plural] (no longer used) A little schoolboy. •(no longer used, rare) A kind of pigeon. formspetits · more petit · most petit