Definition of "petit" in English

adjective

1. (now uncommon, of size) Petite: small, little.

   • And by what small, petit Hints does the Mind catch hold of, and recover a vanishing Notion?

2. Petty, in its various senses:

noun

1. (obsolete, usually in the plural) A little schoolboy.

2. (obsolete, rare) A kind of pigeon.

noun

1. (printing, dated, French and German contexts) Synonym of brevier.