petiôt
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pittitus + -ôt.
Adjective
petiôt (feminine petiôte, masculine plural petiôts, feminine plural petiôtes, comparative moinre, superlative moinre)
- small, little
Franco-Provençal
Alternative forms
- petiôd (older form, rare)
Etymology
From petit + -ôt; the now obsolete petit being from Vulgar Latin pittitus (775; compare Latin pitinnus, pitulus), perhaps from a Celtic root. Compare French petit and colloquial petiot (maybe through Franco-Provençal influence), Catalan petit. The same root has given in other Romance languages Italian piccolo, Romanian puţin, Spanish pequeño. See also pégno, which may derive from this same root.
Adjective
petiôt m (feminine singular petiôta, masculine plural petiôts, feminine plural petiôtes)
- small
- un petiôt vêrro de vin s'apèle un « canon » ! ― a small glass of wine is called a "canon"!
- little
- una petiôta menâta ― a little girl
Derived terms
- petiolar, petionar, petiotar
- petiôt-tavan
Synonyms
- mèsquin
- pégno
- petit
- pouvro
- ridiculo