Definition of "petit"

(now uncommon, of size) Petite: small, little.  quotations  examples

Petty, in its various senses:

1. (obsolete) Few in number.

2. (now uncommon, of objects) Unimportant; cheap; easily replaced.  examples

3. (law, of scale) Small, minor.  examples

4. (now rare) Secondary; lower in rank.

(obsolete, usually in the plural) A little schoolboy.

(obsolete, rare) A kind of pigeon.

(printing, dated, French and German contexts) Synonym of brevier.  examples