piccolo

Meaning

Adj

Designating the highest-pitched or smallest of a family of musical instruments.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A piccolo piano.
2. A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
3. (rare) An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute.
4. A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.
5. (New-York, Southern-US, US) A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox.
6. A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle.

Synonyms

flute

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woodwind

fife

octave flute

pipe

clarionet

tin-whistle

piccolo player

little flute

clarinet

piccolo flute

oboe

orchestra

philharmonic orchestra

Translations

flautín

piccolo

Pikkoloflöte

Piccoloflöte

ottavino

flautí

piccolo

flautim

πίκολο

píccolo

kleine fluit

bois

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Piccolo ''n'' -s

-n

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɪkələʊ/

Etymology

From Italian piccolo (“small”).