different between sophomore vs petite

English

Etymology

From earlier sophumer, from the obsolete sophom (“sophism or dialectical exercise”), likely influenced by Ancient Greek ????? (sophós, “wise”) + ????? (m?rós, “fool”). Compare oxymoron (literally “sharp-dull”), a similar contradiction.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?f?m??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?fm??/, /?s?fm??/, /?s?fm??/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?s?f?m??/

Adjective

sophomore (not comparable)

1. (US) The second in a series, especially, the second of an artist’s albums or the second of four years in a high school (tenth grade) or university.

   Coordinate term: debut
2. Sophomoric.

Translations

Noun

sophomore (plural sophomores)

1. (US) A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school.

2. (US, horse-racing) A three-year-old horse.

Derived terms

• sophomoric

Related terms

• moron
• morosoph
• oxymoron
• sophy, -sophy

Translations

Further reading

• sophomore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• homospore, osmophore

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?