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Petit is the French adjective (qualifier) for "small", or "little", in the masculine form. In the feminine form, it is petite. It may also refer to any of the following:

• Petit's triangle (inferior lumbar triangle), . See Petit's hernia
• Petit Jean State Park
• Petit juror
• Petite sizes in women's clothing
• Petite bourgeoisie in sociology
• Petit (EP), a 1995 EP by Japanese singer-songwriter Ua
• Petit (crater), a small, bowl-shaped lunar crater on Mare Spumans

People[link]

• A French surname
  • Pierre Petit (1832–1909), French photographer
  • Pierre Petit (scholar) (1617–1687), French scholar, medical writer, and poet
  • Jean-Pierre Petit, a French scientist
  • François Pourfour du Petit (1664–1741), French anatomist
  • Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791–1820), French physicist
  • Philippe Petit (born 1949), French acrobat
  • Roland Petit (1924–2011), French choreographer and dancer
• The surname for a prominent Parsi family of India, whose members include:
  • Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Bt. (1823–1901), Indian industrialist
  • His granddaughter Rattanbai Petit (1900–1929), wife of Jinnah, founder of Pakistan
• The Petit Family, 2007 Connecticut home invasion and murder victims

Footballers[link]

• Emmanuel Petit (born 1970), former French midfielder, who played for France, Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea
• Petit (Portuguese footballer) (born 1976), Portuguese midfielder
• Jean Petit (born 1949), former French football midfielder
• Paulinho Le Petit (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
• Petit Sory (born 1945), former Guinean football player
• René Petit (1899–1989), Franco-Spanish engineer and a footballer in his youth

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