petites heures
French, noun/pə.tit.z‿œʁ/
petites heures is spelled P-E-T-I-T-E-S-H-E-U-R-E-S (13 letters). Petites heures is a French feminine noun meaning “small hours, wee small hours” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Heure matinale”.
What does petites heures mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmall hours, wee small hours
jusqu'aux petites heures
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Heure matinale. 2. Heure canoniale du matin, comme, prime, tierce, sexte et none.
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.
How do you pronounce petites heures?
- /pə.tit.z‿œʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.