"petit-" meaning in Français

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Prefix

IPA: \pə.ti\ Forms: petits- [plural, masculine], petite- [singular, feminine], petites- [plural, feminine]
  1. Préfixe indiquant quelque chose de petit.
    Sense id: fr-petit--fr-prefix-WSnGR3Zl
  2. Enfant d'un parent dont la relation de parenté est ainsi préfixée.
    Sense id: fr-petit--fr-prefix-s05hKCI2 Categories (other): Exemples en français, Lexique en français de la généalogie
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "arrière-petit-cousin"
    },
    {
      "word": "arrière-petite-cousine"
    },
    {
      "word": "arrière-petit-enfant"
    },
    {
      "word": "arrière-petit-fils"
    },
    {
      "word": "arrière-petite-fille"
    },
    {
      "word": "arrière-petit-neveu"
    },
    {
      "word": "arrière-petite-nièce"
    },
    {
      "word": "beau-petit-fils"
    },
    {
      "word": "belle-petite-fille"
    },
    {
      "word": "demi-petit-cousin"
    },
    {
      "word": "demi-petite-cousine"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit-cousin"
    },
    {
      "word": "petite-cousine"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit-enfant"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit-fils"
    },
    {
      "word": "petite-fille"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit-gendre"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit-neveu"
    },
    {
      "word": "petite-nièce"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit-oncle"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "De petit, adverbe, utilisé comme préfixe."
  ],
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        "Préfixe indiquant quelque chose de petit."
      ],
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    },
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          "ref": "Pierre Bergeron, Histoire analytique et critique de la littérature romaine, 1840",
          "text": "Ce n’étaient pas proprement les neveux de l’empereur, mais ses petits-neveux, petits-fils de sa sœur Domitilla, et fils de Flavia Domitilla et de Flavius Clémens."
        },
        {
          "text": "Note : pour les générations supplémentaire le préfixe n’est pas répété ; on emploie arrière dans ce sens."
        }
      ],
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        "Enfant d'un parent dont la relation de parenté est ainsi préfixée."
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    {
      "word": "arrière-petite-cousine"
    },
    {
      "word": "arrière-petit-enfant"
    },
    {
      "word": "arrière-petit-fils"
    },
    {
      "word": "arrière-petite-fille"
    },
    {
      "word": "arrière-petit-neveu"
    },
    {
      "word": "arrière-petite-nièce"
    },
    {
      "word": "beau-petit-fils"
    },
    {
      "word": "belle-petite-fille"
    },
    {
      "word": "demi-petit-cousin"
    },
    {
      "word": "demi-petite-cousine"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit-cousin"
    },
    {
      "word": "petite-cousine"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit-enfant"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit-fils"
    },
    {
      "word": "petite-fille"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit-gendre"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit-neveu"
    },
    {
      "word": "petite-nièce"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit-oncle"
    }
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        },
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