petite nature

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pə.tit na.tyʁ/

Noun

petite nature f (plural petites natures)

  1. (informal) a faint-hearted person, a wimp, a weakling, a sensitive type, a delicate flower, a wuss, a pansy
    Synonym: chochotte
    • 1992, Amélie Nothomb, Hygiène de l'assassin [Hygiene and the Assassin]:
      —Quand on est une petite nature, on ne vient pas se mesurer à Prétextat Tach.
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