different between petzite vs petite

English

Etymology

Petz +? -ite, after chemist W. Petz.

Noun

petzite (countable and uncountable, plural petzites)

1. (mineralogy) A soft, steel-gray isometric telluride mineral generally deposited by hydrothermal activity and usually associated with rare tellurium and gold minerals.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Petzite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “petzite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??ti?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Adjective

petite (comparative more petite, superlative most petite)

1. (especially of a woman) fairly short and of slim build.
2. (clothing) of small size.
3. Small, little; insignificant; petty.
   • 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)

     The Earth, the Sun, and Stars, what things are they in nature? are they petite things not worth our notice, or grand and worthy of consideration?

Derived terms

• petite perception

Related terms

• petitely
• petiteness

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “petite”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Pettie, Piette

Esperanto

Adverb

petite

1. past adverbial passive participle of peti

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p(?).tit/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /p(?).tit/, /p(?).t?s?t/

Adjective

petite

1. feminine singular of petit

Latin

Verb

petite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of pet?