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English

Etymology

piccolo +? -ist

Noun

piccoloist (plural piccoloists)

1. One who plays the piccolo.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Italian piccolo (“small”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?k?l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?kolo?/, /?p?k?lo?/, /?p?kl?o?/

Noun

piccolo (plural piccolos or piccoli)

1. A waiter's assistant in a hotel or restaurant.
2. A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, ¹?₄ the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or snipe.
3. (music) A musical instrument similar to a flute, but smaller and playing an octave higher.

Derived terms

• piccoloist

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Italian piccolo (“small, little, young”).

Noun

piccolo c (singular definite piccoloen, plural indefinite piccoloer)

1. bellboy, bellhop
2. office boy

Inflection

Antonyms

• (female) piccoline

Related terms

• piccolofløjte

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian piccolo (“small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi.ko?.lo?/
• Hyphenation: pic?co?lo

Noun

piccolo m (plural piccolo's, diminutive piccolootje n)

1. (music) piccolo (small flute)
2. piccolo, hotel porter
3. piccolo (small bottle of champagne)

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian piccolo.

Noun

piccolo

1. Alternative spelling of pikkolo.

Declension

French

Etymology

From Italian piccolo.

Noun

piccolo m (plural piccolos)

1. (music) piccolo.

Hungarian

Etymology

From Italian piccolo.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -lo?

Noun

piccolo

1. (music) piccolo.

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from:

• An onomatopoetic root or children's/nursery word *pikk-, *picc-.
• From Vulgar Latin *pikk (“little”), related to *piccare (“to pierce”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”).
• From picca (“point”).
• From Vulgar Latin pittitus (“small, worthless”), which is linked to French petit and English piece.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pik.ko.lo/
• Hyphenation: pìc?co?lo

Adjective

piccolo m (feminine singular piccola, masculine plural piccoli, feminine plural piccole, comparative più piccolo or minore)

1. small
2. little
3. young

Synonyms

• piccino

Antonyms

• grande
• grosso

Related terms

• piccolezza
• piccolo trumpet

See also

• micro-
• nano-

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “piccolo”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

References

Polish

Alternative forms

• pikolo

Etymology

From Italian piccolo.

Noun

piccolo n

1. (music) piccolo

Declension

Further reading

• piccolo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian piccolo.

Noun

piccolo m (plural piccolos)

1. piccolo