how to pronounce petite

/pəˈtiːt/

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petite is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of petite in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… bona petite explained good cheese shops …”

meaning of petite

Petite means small.

petite frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word petite occurs in english on average 3.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics petite can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that petite can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;