Akane Oda got her start in a petite miss beauty contest.
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Petite
//pəˈtiːt//
Synonyms for "petite" (41 found)
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18 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- дребен adj (small, little; insignificant; petty)
- миньонка adj (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 嬌小 /娇小 adj (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build)
Finnish
4 entries- mitätön adj (small, little; insignificant; petty)
- pieni adj (of women's clothing: of small size)
- pieni adj (small, little; insignificant; petty)
- pikkuinen adj (small, little; insignificant; petty)
French
1 entries- menue adj (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build)
German
2 entries- zart gebaut adj (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build)
- zierlich adj (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build)
Japanese
1 entries- 幼い adj (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build)
Portuguese
1 entries- mion adj (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build)
Russian
3 entries- ма́ленький adj (small, little; insignificant; petty)
- миниатюрная adj (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build)
- миниатюрная adj (of women's clothing: of small size)
Sample sentences
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Layla was a petite bubbly blonde.
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Layla was cute and petite.
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The French call orgasms "la petite mort" (the little death).
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