petitto

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Italian

Alternative forms

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)

  1. (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