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petit souper

petit souper noun: a light supper; (especially), an informal dinner party with only a few select guests.

Noun

petit souper (plural petits soupers)

  1. A light supper; (especially), an informal dinner party with only a few select guests.
    • She had given a card-assembly, and a petit-souper; […] Mrs. Chartres told her son, with an air of triumph, that the evening had gone off remarkably well.1790, Helen Maria Williams, Julia, Routledge, published 2016, page 104

Forms of petit souper

pluralpetits soupers

Origin of petit souper

From French petit souper.

Questions about petit souper

What does petit souper mean?
Petit souper means a light supper; (especially), an informal dinner party with only a few select guests.
What part of speech is petit souper?
Petit souper is a noun.
What is the plural of petit souper?
The plural of petit souper is petits soupers.

Words near petit souper in the dictionary

  1. petit pois
  2. petit pâté
  3. Petit Saint Vincent
  4. petit sergeanty
  5. petit serjeanty
  6. petit souper
  7. petit treason
  8. petit-bourgeois
  9. petit-maître
  10. Petitcodiac
  11. petite

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