What is 'petit' called in English?

'petit' in English is called "Shorty". Shorty refers to: Terme informel désignant une personne de petite taille.

How do you pronounce 'Shorty' and 'petit'?

Listen to clear English audio pronunciation of 'Shorty' and native French audio speech for 'petit' with bilingual sentence examples on DictBridge.

English: "The shorty couldn't reach the top shelf without a stool." | French: "Le nain n'atteignait pas l'étagère du haut sans tabouret."

noun

English to French Dictionary

petit, nain, nana

Synonymes:nabot

petit in English:shorty

Phonetic:pəti

Plural: shorties

Gender:Masculin

Quick Answer • En bref

La signification de shorty en français est petit, nain, nana. (Terme informel désignant une personne de petite taille.)

1
noun(informal)
nain
An informal term used to refer to a person who is notably short in height.
Terme informel désignant une personne de petite taille.
2
noun(slang)
nana
A slang term of endearment, often used to refer to a girlfriend or an attractive woman.
Terme d'argot affectueux, souvent utilisé pour désigner une petite amie ou une femme attirante.

casual

“The shorty couldn't reach the top shelf without a stool.”

Le nain n'atteignait pas l'étagère du haut sans tabouret.

informal

“Hey shorty, are you coming to the party tonight?”

Salut nana, tu viens à la fête ce soir ?

In French:

nainnabotnana

In English:

small personlittle person

In French:

grandgéant

In English:

tall persongiant

nounshortness

adjectiveshort

my shortyexpression

A possessive term of endearment for one's girlfriend or partner.