Words similar to petit

Example sentences for: petit

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*On the other hand, this is not Franglais, either: according to Petit Robert it has been standard French since 1782.
Both were constructed for the Universal Exhibition of 1900 and are today used for a variety of exhibitions, though the Petit Palais houses several permanent collections of 19th-century French paintings.
Let me examine five dictionaries with names in them: Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (1983) [W9] 1983; Random House Webster's College Dictionary (1991) [ RHWCD ]; The American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd edition (1992) [ AHD 3]; Collins English Dictionary, 3rd edition (1991) [ CED 3]; and, for good measure, an ancient Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustré (1958) [ PL ].
As the old moguls came from petit bourgeois immigrant families, so do the Weinsteins.
Her fiancé, François, a petit bourgeois in behavior, though considering himself the crème de la créme, is aide-de-camp to a general and has the rank of lieutenant, fancies himself as a raconteur and littérateur (having published a pastiche of vers libres and a catalogue raisonné of the works of Oliver North, which was hailed as a chef d'oeuvre), though his ambition is to be a Grand Prix driver.