p'tit
French, adjective/pti/
p'tit is a French adjective meaning “eye dialect spelling of petit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de petit”.
What does p'tit mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialeye dialect spelling of petit
- 2
colloquialcontraction of petit
- 3
colloquialsyncopic form of petit
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Variante de petit.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of p'tit
- p'tite feminine
- p'tits masculine plural
- p'tites feminine plural
- p’tits plural masculine
- p’tite singular feminine
- p’tites plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce p'tit?
- /pti/
- \pti\
- [pti]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is p'tit in French?
p'tit appears 7.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).