mid-14c., "trifling," from Old French petit "small, little, young, few in numbers" (11c.), probably from stem of Late Latin pitinnus "small," of uncertain origin; it corresponds to no known Latin form and perhaps is from a Celtic root pett- "part, piece, bit" also found in Italian pezza, English piece. Attested as a surname from 1086. Replaced by petty in most usages, except in established forms such as petit bourgeois "conventional middle-class" (1832; used in English by Charlotte Bront? earlier than by Marx or Engels); petit mal (1842, literally "little evil," mild form of epilepsy), and petit four (1884), which in French means "little oven," from Old French four "oven," from Latin furnus.
例文
1. He had a petit bourgeois mentality.
彼は小さなブルジョア思想を持っている。
2.The petit -fours and the melting ice are set before them.
色柄のお菓子とジュースアイスクリームが届きました。
3.Arsenal 's Emmanuel Petit ，right，and teammate double-team Lens 'Charles-Edouard Coridon.
アーセナルのペティット、右、チームメイトのパーラー、ランズのコリデンを挟撃する。
4. Le beurre est toujours dans la cuisine , exception pour le petit d é jeuner.
バターは台所に置いて、朝食を除いて食卓に持っていく。
5.She has been suffering from petit mal since childhood.