petit pois

noun

A type of small pea.

OriginFrench petit pois →
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Meanings

nounpetit pois (plural petits pois)

plural petits pois

  1. A type of small pea.

Origin

  1. Frenchpetit pois
  2. Englishpetit pois

Borrowed from French petit pois (literally “little pea”).

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