Petit
Encyclopedia
Petit is the French
adjective
(qualifier) for "small", or "little", in the masculine form
. In the feminine form, it is petite. It may also refer to any of the following:
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
adjective
Adjective
In grammar, an adjective is a 'describing' word; the main syntactic role of which is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified....
(qualifier) for "small", or "little", in the masculine form
Grammatical gender
Grammatical gender is defined linguistically as a system of classes of nouns which trigger specific types of inflections in associated words, such as adjectives, verbs and others. For a system of noun classes to be a gender system, every noun must belong to one of the classes and there should be...
. In the feminine form, it is petite. It may also refer to any of the following:
- Petit's triangle (inferior lumbar triangle), . See Petit's herniaPetit's herniaPetit's hernia is a hernia that protrudes through the lumbar triangle. This triangle lies in the posterolateral abdominal wall and is bounded anteriorly by the free margin of external oblique muscle, posteriorly by the latissimus dorsi and inferiorly by the iliac crest...
- Petit Jean State ParkPetit Jean State ParkPetit Jean State Park is a state park in central Arkansas managed by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.Petit Jean State Park is located atop Petit Jean Mountain on the Arkansas River in the area between the Ozark and Ouachita mountain ranges, in Conway County, Arkansas.-Legend and...
- Petit juror
- Petite sizesPetite sizesIn fashion and clothing, a petite size is a standard clothing size designed to fit women of shorter height, typically or less.-Changes in pattern measurements and design:...
in women's clothing - Petite bourgeoisiePetite bourgeoisiePetit-bourgeois or petty bourgeois is a term that originally referred to the members of the lower middle social classes in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
in sociology - Petit (EP)Petit (EP)Petit is an EP by Japanese singer-songwriter Ua, released on October 21, 1995. Like its lead single, Petit also failed to chart on the Oricon charts. The EP was re-issued on September 22, 2005.- Track listing :- External links :...
, a 1995 EP by Japanese singer-songwriter Ua - Petit (crater)Petit (crater)Petit is a small, bowl-shaped lunar crater that is located on the northwestern edge of the Mare Spumans. The name is appropriate, since Petit means small in French. But it was actually named in honor of Alexis Thérèse Petit, a French physicist....
, a small, bowl-shaped lunar crater on Mare Spumans
People
- A French surname
- Pierre PetitPierre PetitPierre Lanith Petit was a French photographer born in Aups, in Provence. He learned photography in Paris 'with' or better under orders of André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri in the 77 employees workshop...
(1832–1909), French photographer - Pierre Petit (scholar)Pierre Petit (scholar)Pierre Petit was a French scholar, physician, poet and Latin writer.-Life:Born at Paris in 1617, Petit studied medicine at Montpellier, where he took the degree of MD, though he did not practice medicine afterwards...
(1617–1687), French scholar, medical writer, and poet - Jean-Pierre PetitJean-Pierre PetitJean-Pierre Petit is a French scientist, senior researcher at National Center for Scientific Research as an astrophysicist in Marseille Observatory, now retired...
, a French scientist - François Pourfour du PetitFrançois Pourfour du PetitFrançois Pourfour du Petit was a French anatomist, ophthalmologist and surgeon who was a native of Paris. He studied medicine at the University of Montpellier, and afterwards studied surgery at the Hôpital de la Charité in Paris...
(1664–1741), French anatomist - Alexis Thérèse PetitAlexis Thérèse PetitAlexis Thérèse Petit was a French physicist. Petit is known for his work on the efficiencies of air- and steam-engines, published in 1818...
(1791–1820), French physicist - Philippe PetitPhilippe PetitPhilippe Petit is a French high-wire artist who gained fame for his high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, on 7 August 1974...
(born 1949), French acrobat - Roland PetitRoland PetitRoland Petit was a French choreographer and dancer born in Villemomble, near Paris, France. He trained at the Paris Opéra Ballet school, and became well known for his creative ballets.-Biography:...
(1924–2011), French choreographer and dancer
- Pierre Petit
- The surname for a prominent Parsi family of IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, whose members include:- Dinshaw Maneckji PetitDinshaw Maneckji PetitSir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 1st Baronet , Parsi entrepreneur and founder of the first textile mills in India. He was also the grandfather of Rattanbai Petit Jinnah, who later became the wife of the founder of Pakistan, Mr...
, Bt. (1823–1901), Indian industrialist - His granddaughter Rattanbai PetitRattanbai PetitMaryam Jinnah , was the second wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah - an important figure in the Indian Independence Movement and later founder of Pakistan....
(1900–1929), wife of Jinnah, founder of Pakistan
- Dinshaw Maneckji Petit
- The Petit Family, 2007 Connecticut home invasion and murder victims
Footballers
- Emmanuel PetitEmmanuel PetitEmmanuel "Manu" Laurent Petit is a retired French footballer, who played his club football for Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona, and Chelsea...
(born 1970), former French midfielder, who played for France, Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea - Petit (Portuguese footballer)Petit (Portuguese footballer)Armando Gonçalves Teixeira , commonly known as Petit, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for 1. FC Köln in the German first division, as a defensive midfielder....
(born 1976), Portuguese midfielder - Jean PetitJean PetitJean Petit is a former football midfielder from France, who earned twelve international caps for the French national team during the late 1970s. Petit played most of his professional career for AS Monaco, with whom he won the French title in 1978...
(born 1949), former French football midfielder - Paulinho Le PetitPaulinho Le PetitPaulo Henrique Petit Carrera da Silva, commonly known as Paulinho Le Petit is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Fort Lauderdale Strikers.-Brazil:...
(born 1989), Brazilian footballer - Petit SoryPetit SoryIbrahima "Petit" Sory Keita is a former Guinean football player.He finished in 3rd place in the 1972 African Footballer of the Year awards compiled by France Football magazine....
(born 1945), former Guinean football player - René PetitRené PetitRenato Petit de Ory, better known by its French name, René Petit was a Franco-Spanish engineer, known for his activity as a footballer in his youth . It was one of the most popular players in Spanish football in the 1910s, 20s and 30s...
(1899–1989), Franco-Spanish engineer and a footballer in his youth