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petite nature

French, noun/pə.tit na.tyʁ/

petite nature is a French feminine noun meaning “a faint-hearted person, a wimp, a weakling, a sensitive type, a delicate flower, a wuss, a pansy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne de constitution faible, qui manque de force ou d’endurance”.

What does petite nature mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineinformala faint-hearted person, a wimp, a weakling, a sensitive type, a delicate flower, a wuss, a pansy

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Personne de constitution faible, qui manque de force ou d’endurance. 2. Sculpture de taille inférieure à la normale. 3. Personne de nature peureuse, qui s’effraie d’un rien.

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 petite nature

  • petites natures plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce petite nature?

  • /pə.tit na.tyʁ/
  • \pə.tit na.tyʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.