petit monde

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pə.ti mɔ̃d/
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Noun

petit monde m (countable and uncountable, plural petits mondes)

  1. (uncountable) small world, small group (category with few members)
    • Ces débats et polémiques qui ont agité le sport en 2018, Le Monde, December 27, 2018:
      Après avoir divisé le petit monde du football espagnol durant tout cet automne, ce projet ne verra finalement pas le jour.
      After having divided the small world of Spanish soccer throughout this fall, this project will ultimately not see the light of day.
  2. (Louisiana, countable) child

Descendants
  • Saint Dominican Creole French: petit monde, petit, pitit, pitit monde
    • Haitian Creole: timoun

See also

Haitian Creole

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French petit monde (literally “little world, little person”).

Noun

petit monde

  1. (Saint-Domingue) a child
    L'y en a petit monde. ― There are children.

Descendants

References
  • S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île
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