Vocabulary
TPE
initialism of très petite entreprise (“very small business”); initialism of terminal de paiement électronique (“payment terminal”)
Noun
chouchou
term of endearment (like petit chou, mon chou); blue-eyed boy, teacher's pet (student perceived to be favored by the teacher); a hair scrunchie, scrunchy; chayote; candied peanut
Noun
PAC
classified advertisement: abbreviation of petite annonce classée (petite annonce); classifieds: abbreviation of petites annonces classées (petites annonces)
Noun
PAG
initialism of petit âge glaciaire; Little Ice Age (period of cooling that occurred after the Medieval Warm Period, usually defined as between the 14th–16th to the 19th centuries)
Noun
gaillarde
galliard: the size of type between petit-texte and petit-romain, standardized as 9 Fournier points (3.06 mm) then as 8 Didot points (3.00 or 3.01 mm); the galliard, a 16th-century European dance
Noun
petites annonces
ellipsis of petites annonces classées: plural of petite annonce; classifieds (classified advertisements)
Noun
Crèvecœur-le-Petit
Crèvecœur-le-Petit (a commune of Oise department, Hauts-de-France, in northern France)
Name
petites annonces classées
plural of petite annonce classée; Pedantic form of petites annonces.; classifieds (classified advertisements)
Noun
petite souris
tooth fairy; fly on the wall; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see petite, souris.
Noun
petite main
trainee seamstress, assistant seamstress, low-rank seamstress; low-paid worker, worker employed to do menial jobs, dogsbody
Noun
petite nature
a faint-hearted person, a wimp, a weakling, a sensitive type, a delicate flower, a wuss, a pansy
Noun
petite aiguille
hour hand (the hand of a clock or watch face that revolves twice each day and indicates the hours)
Noun
petite couronne
the zone consisting of the three departments (Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis) that border the city of Paris
Name