piccolo

== English == === Etymology === From Italian piccolo (“small”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪkələʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɪkəloʊ/ Rhymes: -ɪkələʊ === Noun === piccolo (plural piccolos or piccoli) (music) A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher. Synonym: octave flute (music) An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute. (music, obsolete) A piccolo piano. A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant. Synonyms: busser, commis waiter, (slang, possibly obsolete) omnibus (US, chiefly Southern US and New York) A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox. A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle. Synonyms: quarter bottle, snipe ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === piccolo Designating the highest-pitched or smallest of a family of musical instruments. === References === “piccolo, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. == Danish == === Etymology === From Italian piccolo (“small, little, young”). === Noun === piccolo c (singular definite piccoloen, plural indefinite piccoloer) bellboy, bellhop office boy ==== Inflection ==== ==== Antonyms ==== (female) piccoline ==== Related terms ==== piccolofløjte == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian piccolo (“small”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpi.koː.loː/ Hyphenation: pic‧co‧lo === Noun === piccolo m (plural piccolo's, diminutive piccolootje n) (music) piccolo (small flute) piccolo, hotel porter piccolo (small bottle of champagne) == Finnish == === Etymology === From Italian piccolo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpikːolo/, [ˈpikːo̞lo̞] Rhymes: -ikːolo === Noun === piccolo alternative spelling of pikkolo ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “piccolo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == French == === Alternative forms === picolo (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === From Italian piccolo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pi.kɔ.lo/ === Noun === piccolo m (plural piccolos) (music) piccolo ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “piccolo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Hungarian == === Etymology === From German Piccolo, from Italian piccolo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpikːolo] Hyphenation: pic‧co‧lo Rhymes: -loː === Noun === piccolo (plural piccolok) (music) piccolo Synonyms: pikoló, kisfuvola, ottavino ==== Declension ==== === References === == Italian == === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly from: An onomatopoeic root or children's/nursery word *pikk-, *picc-. From Vulgar Latin *pikk (“little”), related to *piccāre (“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): /ˈpik.ko.lo/ Rhymes: -ikkolo Hyphenation: pìc‧co‧lo === Adjective === piccolo (feminine piccola, masculine plural piccoli, feminine plural piccole, comparative più piccolo or minore, superlative minimo, diminutive piccolìno or piccolétto (“short person”), double diminutive (uncommon) piccolettìno, augmentative piccolóne, diminutive-augmentative piccolòtto (“short and stock person”)) small little young (vulgar, slang) of the penis: small or not erected ==== Synonyms ==== piccino ==== Antonyms ==== grande grosso ==== Related terms ==== piccolezza piccolotto piccoletto ==== See also ==== micro- nano- === References === === Further reading === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “piccolo”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. == Polish == === Alternative forms === pikolo === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Italian piccolo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpi.kɔ.lɔ/, /piˈkɔ.lɔ/ Rhymes: -ikɔlɔ, -ɔlɔ Syllabification: pi‧cco‧lo === Noun === piccolo n piccolo (small, high-pitched transverse flute) Synonyms: flet piccolo, pikulina ==== Declension ==== === Noun === piccolo m pers (dated) potboy (boy or man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses) Synonym: pikolak Hypernym: służący ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “piccolo”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “piccolo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Italian piccolo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpikolo/ [ˈpi.ko.lo] Rhymes: -ikolo Syllabification: pic‧co‧lo === Noun === piccolo m (plural piccolos) alternative form of pícolo ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “piccolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025