A petit hotel is an 18th or 19th century building that was not originally used as a permanent residence by its owners.
Petit is a French term that can be translated as small . In our language , it is often used as an adjective with the same meaning, although the word is not accepted by the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) .
A petit hotel is a building from the 19th or 18th century that was not originally used as a permanent residence by its owners. Therefore, this building was only used for certain months, becoming temporary accommodation for the family in question.
Nowadays, it is common to find a small hotel converted into a museum , public entity or other type of institution. This is possible because these are buildings of considerable size according to current standards, which makes the term “small” seem like a contradiction.
Petit four
A petit four , on the other hand, is a small pastry or cake typical of French cuisine. They can be savory or sweet and are usually served as an appetizer or to accompany coffee .
There is a wide variety of petit fours, as each country nowadays tends to make them using local ingredients and according to its own recipes. Certain types of dry doughs , wet doughs , bites and pepitos can be included within the petit four group.
A petit four is a typical French pastry.
The term as a denomination
One must not overlook the existence of a fashion brand called Petit Bateau . This is a French clothing brand that has collections inspired by the 70s, among others, and that offers a wide variety of garments for both women and men and even for children.
In Madrid there is also a very famous restaurant called Petit Comité . It is located in the city centre and offers its diners the chance to enjoy a very extensive menu of dishes, where the main dishes are fresh salmon tartar, Cantabrian hake supreme and fine warm apple tart.
It should also be noted that there is an important chain of hotels called Petit Palace . These are accommodations that fall within the petit boutique category and are identified by the quality of their services and the exclusive design they have. In Spain, it has more than 30 hotels spread across emblematic cities, such as Madrid , Barcelona, Malaga , Seville , Bilbao and Valencia .
The Petit Palais is a Parisian building that houses the Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris . The building was inaugurated in 1902 .
Petit as a pseudonym and surname
Petit is also the pseudonym of a French footballer who became a Portuguese citizen called Armando Teixeira and the surname of a former footballer who won the World Cup with the French national team in 1998 ( Emmanuel Petit ).
He played as a midfielder and managed to form part of teams such as Monaco , Arsenal , Chelsea and FC Barcelona . With all of them he achieved an important list of achievements, including the French Cup , the Premier League and even Ligue 1. Not to mention that, with the aforementioned French team, he also won a European Championship .