petit — French to English

How French petit is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: petit (39 182), petite (27 311), petites (48 123), petits (68 765). By style: everyday 3 118 · literary 424 · biblical 236 · parliamentary 18 867 · legal and administrative 15 097 · UN documents 145 639.

small

Used about 119 038 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 682 · literary ≈ 42 · biblical ≈ 45 · parliamentary ≈ 12 185 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 750 · UN documents ≈ 96 334). Meaning: small in the Elamur Dictionary.

• C’est trop petit.

  He is too small.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zmoo and kemushi69 · checked, community translation · #5152242 #538591

• C'est très laid et très petit.

  It is very small and very ugly.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 2409

• Je suis petit et méprisé; Je n’oublie point tes ordonnances.

  I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 119:141

• Et pourquoi sommes-nous petits?

  And why are we small?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 583692

• Baies et petits fruits

  Berries and small fruits

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4308146

little

Used about 3 313 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 585 · literary ≈ 272 · biblical ≈ 75 · parliamentary ≈ 786 · legal and administrative ≈ 79 · UN documents ≈ 1 517). Meaning: little in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Il mange comme un petit oiseau.

  He eats like a little bird.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by martin9 and rul · checked, community translation · #12654815 #5249802

• --Il y a les petites.

  “There are the little girls.”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11240

• Petits enfants, gardez-vous des idoles.

  Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1JO 5:21

• Ceci est juste un petit avertissement.

  That is just a little warning.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 381939

• Le petit doigt doit toucher le coussin du siège.

  The little finger shall be in contact with the seat cushion.

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5454953

enterprises

Used about 79 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 79).

• Supplément en faveur des petites et moyennes entreprises [12](ESB)

  Supplement for medium-sized enterprises [12](GGE)

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5627139

More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

• Son petit copain était vraiment en colère après elle.

  Her boyfriend was really angry at her.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #3579542 #3580406

• Reste un petit peu.

  Stay for a while.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and kellenparker · checked, community translation · #379611 #7166595

• Nous voyageons à petit budget.

  We're traveling on a tight budget.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · #6874191 #3143169

Grammar

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