petitesse
French, noun/pə.ti.tɛs/
petitesse is spelled P-E-T-I-T-E-S-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Petitesse is a French feminine noun meaning “smallness, littleness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite dimension, petite étendue, petit volume”.
What does petitesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmallness, littleness
- 2
femininepettiness
- 3
femininepetiteness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite dimension, petite étendue, petit volume. 2. Modicité, surtout en parlant de dons, de présents. 3. Faiblesse. 4. Étroitesse ; mesquinerie.
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 petitesse
- petitesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce petitesse?
- /pə.ti.tɛs/
- \pə.ti.tɛs\
- [pə.ti.tɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to petitesse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is petitesse in French?
petitesse appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).