petite

Plural: petites

Noun

A clothing size designed for women of shorter stature.
a garment size for short or slender women
A mutant first discovered in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, forming small colonies when grown in the presence of fermentable carbon sources such as glucose.

Adjective Satellite

very small
- "her petite figure"

Adj

Fairly short and of slim build.
Of small size; intended for small-framed adult women.
Small, little; insignificant; petty.

Examples

While she might be PETITE, her Scrabble vocabulary was anything but small.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French petite f, feminine of petit m (“small, little”).

Synonyms

bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, tiny

Scrabble Score: 8

petite: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
petite: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
petite: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

petite: valid Words With Friends Word