Petit

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

• 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

• 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