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Adjective
/pəˈtēt/,
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(of a woman) Having a small and attractively dainty build,
  1. (of a woman) Having a small and attractively dainty build
    • - she was petite and vivacious
  2. (of a size of women's clothing) Smaller than standard
    • - it is available in petite sizes
  1. a garment size for short or slender women
  2. bantam: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
  3. (petiteness) diminutiveness: the property of being very small in size; "hence the minuteness of detail in the painting"
  4. Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build; Of women's clothing: of small size; Small, little; insignificant; petty
  5. (Petites) Designed for women under 5'4 inches in height. Petite sizes are not only cut shorter; the cut is adjusted a bit to fit a smaller frame. Size range from 00 - 16.
  6. You have small bone structures and are under 160cm tall.
  7. A smaller, slighter mannequin that usually wears a size 5 and is not necessarily posed or made-up as the superannuated teenager. A mannequin for the presentation of merchandise cut for the smaller, slighter woman.
  8. A hand count total of 8 (also a "natural").
  9. A hand with the value 8 - petite is French for 'small'.
  10. Small, slender, and trim. A Treasure Nest uses this term to classify beaded trims up to 1" in width.
  11. The second highest hand in baccarat with the value of 8.
  12. A yeast mutation producing small colonies and altered mitochondrial functions. In cytoplasmic petites (neutral and suppressive petites), the mutation is a deletion in mitochondrial DNA; in segregational petites, the mutation is in nuclear DNA.
  13. A type of small matchbox. (See Boxes).
  14. French word for small, in Baccarat a petite is a hand totaling 8.
  15. This is a misunderstood term. Generally speaking, large agencies look for talent to be 5'9" or taller because that is what is needed for fashion and runway. There is a smaller market for petite models, but there are opportunities for them with agencies. ...
  16. When the card total is 8. See Natural