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Meaning of "petiteness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PETITENESS

petiteness  [pəˈtiːtnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PETITENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Petiteness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PETITENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of petiteness in the English dictionary

The definition of petiteness in the dictionary is the condition of being petite or small and slight.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PETITENESS


absoluteness
ˌæbsəˈluːtnəs
apartness
əˈpɑːtnəs
bittersweetness
ˌbɪtəˈswiːtnəs
concreteness
ˈkɒŋkriːtnəs
cuteness
ˈkjuːtnəs
discreetness
dɪˈskriːtnəs
fleetness
ˈfliːtnəs
indiscreetness
ˌɪndɪˈsˈkriːtnəs
indiscreteness
ˌɪndɪsˈkriːtnəs
inertness
ɪnˈɜːtnəs
meetness
ˈmiːtnəs
minuteness
maɪˈnjuːtnəs
mootness
ˈmuːtnəs
muteness
ˈmjuːtnəs
obsoleteness
ˈɒbsəˌliːtnəs
oversweetness
ˌəʊvəˈswiːtnəs
repleteness
rɪˈpliːtnəs
swartness
ˈswɔːtnəs
sweetness
ˈswiːtnəs
unmeetness
ʌnˈmiːtnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PETITENESS

petit bourgeois
petit four
petit juror
petit jury
petit larcenist
petit larceny
petit mal
petit point
petite
petite bourgeoisie
petitio
petitio principii
petition
petitionary
petitioner
petitionings
petitionist
petitory
petits bourgeois
petits fours

WORDS THAT END LIKE PETITENESS

adhesiveness
appropriateness
attentiveness
attractiveness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
competitiveness
completeness
cost-effectiveness
doneness
effectiveness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness

Synonyms and antonyms of petiteness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «petiteness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PETITENESS

Find out the translation of petiteness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of petiteness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «petiteness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

petiteness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

petiteness
570 millions of speakers

English

petiteness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

petiteness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

petiteness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

petiteness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

petiteness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

petiteness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

petiteness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Petiteness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zierlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

petiteness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

petiteness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Petiteness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

petiteness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

petiteness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्षुद्रपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

petiteness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

petiteness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

petiteness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

petiteness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

petiteness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

petiteness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

petiteness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

petiteness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

petiteness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of petiteness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PETITENESS»

The term «petiteness» is normally little used and occupies the 127.918 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of petiteness
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «petiteness».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PETITENESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «petiteness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «petiteness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about petiteness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETITENESS»

Discover the use of petiteness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to petiteness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Stochastic Networked Control Systems: Stabilization and ...
I / f(w)r(dw)TI>oo T On Petite and Small Sets Establishing petiteness may be difficult to directly verify. In the following, we present two conditions that may be used to establish the petiteness properties. A kernel A from (X, B to itself is called  ...
Serdar Yüksel, Tamer Başar, 2013
2
Whose Death?
Ruth's petiteness would do her no harm in the character of a maid and they were both speedily recruited. Their inclusion in an adult occasion had been preceded in the nursery by such lectures on the requirement for correct behaviour and, ...
A. Agnew, 2009
3
Charles Dickens and the Image of Women
In Pip this failure is represented by the fact that his mother and father are dead; in Estella, by the fact that her mother is unknown, a woman with strong muscles concealed under petiteness and a woman capable of great cruelty and perhaps ...
David K. Holbrook, Sondra Myers, 1995
4
Rivals
Yet these positives also comprise part of the problem of commodifying the U.S.- Brazil rivalry, since the media emphasis on the hegemonic heterosexual appeal, petiteness, and athletic skill of the Brazilian team means the comparative action of ...
David Kenneth Wiggins, 2010
5
A Mother's Kisses
A giant square-bodied lady neighbor ducked in through the door now and crouched into the kitchen; Joseph remembered her face always being angered as though she were receiving continual telegrammed reminders that petiteness was ...
Bruce Jay Friedman, 1964
6
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: ...
... not void, for the same reason as any other lease; l/le quantum is not considerable in the eye of the law, and therefore its petiteness is no objection, for the issue, if he had thought the land better in value, or more eligible in any other respects, ...
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Sir Bartholomew Shower, Thomas Leach, 1836
7
Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry
Noting that the “modern eye demands slimness and petiteness above everything else,” a convergence in the ideals for the body shapes of the women considered beautiful also appeared evident. The winner of the contest, Miss Hungary, was ...
Geoffrey Jones, 2010
8
Feminine Sentences: Essays on Women and Culture
... size and shape for girls and women dancers reinforce a denial of the female body in favour of an ideal of boyish petiteness. (It is no surprise that the incidence of eating disorders among ballerinas and would-be ballerinas is far higher than ...
Janet Wolff, 1990
9
Molly Mormon?
breath as I walked past the duke of deception and the princess of petiteness and perfection. Quickly, I headed into my second period class. This was the beginning of a new term and the beginning of a new course. The Cassia County School ...
Tamra Norton, Tamra Torero, 2011
10
Hard Evidence (Mills & Boon Intrigue) (Lipstick Ltd. - Book 3)
I'd always envied Shawna her petiteness. Withoutmeaning to, she had always managed to make me feel like an Amazon. “The docs beenin today?” she askedfinally, stepping back. “Earlier. Theydidn't have anythingto say. Theusual grunts ...
Susan Peterson, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PETITENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term petiteness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mild-mannered grandmother teaches self-defense as 6th-degree …
That's what happened when Bergeron turned her ''petiteness” (just under 5 tall) into her superpower or driving force behind her desire to learn ... «St. Charles Herald Guide, Jun 15»
2
Anna Kendrick: Rachel Riley's my inspiration
Anna admitted her petiteness caused an issue with her co-star Ben, who reportedly stands between 6'2 and 6'4. “He's so tall. There was a ... «Irish Examiner, May 15»
3
Carving Away 25%, Surgeons Transplant Big Lungs into Petite Lady
And that's where her petiteness got in the way, "She is hardly 5' 1. Her lungs are really small and to get lungs that size we needed it from ... «The New Indian Express, May 15»
4
#ShortGirlProblems: Eleven Reasons Why Being Vertically …
Of course, general petiteness does come with its advantages, some of which include: being able to squeeze into kid's clothes and shoes, fitting ... «Huffington Post UK, Apr 15»
5
How useful is iWatch to your day to day life?
The size : Apple is advertising petiteness as a trend. It might be a trend, but it's not solving your problems any more than a pager used to 15 ... «Portal IT, Apr 15»
6
Urban Confections: Milk creates original treat with delicious …
Unfortunately, its visual petiteness was outweighed by the difficulty of eating it. I couldn't lick the treat like an ice cream because I'd end up with ... «Daily Bruin, Mar 15»
7
OPPO R5 smashes apple, and other kinds of things
Some smartphones, especially in China, are getting ridiculously thin. But with that petiteness come fears of being fragile, easy to break or easy ... «SlashGear, Dec 14»
8
Will Daisy Ridley's Star Wars 7 Character Fulfill the Promise of …
Smart, brave, and sassy Leia didn't let her petiteness or her gender define her or hold her back in the original Star Wars trilogy. Certainly if you ... «moviepilot.com, Dec 14»
9
John Constable: The Making of a Master at the V&A
... he snarled, “my art flatters nobody by imitation, it courts nobody by smoothness, tickles nobody by petiteness …there is no finish in nature.”. «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
10
Can Wm. Morrison Supermarkets plc Become The UK's Whole …
A smaller grocer by scale than its competitors, it uses its petiteness to gain a better foothold of its own business model. Whole Foods is known ... «The Motley Fool UK, Oct 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Petiteness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/petiteness>. Apr 2024 ».
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