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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French petit, from Vulgar Latin *pitittus, of probably imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈtit.to/
- Rhymes: -itto
- Hyphenation: pe‧tìt‧to
Adjective
petitto (feminine petitta, masculine plural petitti, feminine plural petitte)
- (obsolete) small, little
- Synonyms: (literary) parvo, piccolo
- Antonyms: grande, (archaic, literary) magno
Further reading
- petitto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana