piccolo
See also: Piccolo
English
Noun
piccolo (plural piccolos)
- (music) An instrument similar to a flute, but smaller, and playing an octave higher.
- A waiter's assistant in a hotel or restaurant.
- 1910, Saki, ‘The Soul of Laploshka’, Reginald in Russia:
- as I fled I felt Laploshka's reproachful eyes watching the amount that I gave to the piccolo – out of his two francs.
- 1910, Saki, ‘The Soul of Laploshka’, Reginald in Russia:
- A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 liters of fluid, 1/4 the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or snipe.
Derived terms
Translations
musical instrument
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bottle of champagne
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Danish
Inflection
Declension of piccolo
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | piccolo | piccoloen | piccoloer | piccoloerne |
| genitive | piccolos | piccoloens | piccoloers | piccoloernes |
Antonyms
- (female) piccoline
Related terms
- piccolofløjte
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of piccolo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | piccolo | piccolot | |
| genitive | piccolon | piccolojen piccoloiden piccoloitten | |
| partitive | piccoloa | piccoloja piccoloita | |
| illative | piccoloon | piccoloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | piccolo | piccolot | |
| accusative | nom. | piccolo | piccolot |
| gen. | piccolon | ||
| genitive | piccolon | piccolojen piccoloiden piccoloitten | |
| partitive | piccoloa | piccoloja piccoloita | |
| inessive | piccolossa | piccoloissa | |
| elative | piccolosta | piccoloista | |
| illative | piccoloon | piccoloihin | |
| adessive | piccololla | piccoloilla | |
| ablative | piccololta | piccoloilta | |
| allative | piccololle | piccoloille | |
| essive | piccolona | piccoloina | |
| translative | piccoloksi | piccoloiksi | |
| instructive | — | piccoloin | |
| abessive | piccolotta | piccoloitta | |
| comitative | — | piccoloineen | |
Hungarian
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | piccolo | piccolok |
| accusative | piccolot | piccolokat |
| dative | piccolnak | piccoloknak |
| instrumental | piccollal | piccolokkal |
| causal-final | piccolért | piccolokért |
| translative | piccollá | piccolokká |
| terminative | piccolig | piccolokig |
| essive-formal | piccolként | piccolokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | piccolban | piccolokban |
| superessive | piccolon | piccolokon |
| adessive | piccolnál | piccoloknál |
| illative | piccolba | piccolokba |
| sublative | piccolra | piccolokra |
| allative | piccolhoz | piccolokhoz |
| elative | piccolból | piccolokból |
| delative | piccolról | piccolokról |
| ablative | piccoltól | piccoloktól |
Italian
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from:
- An onomatopoetic root or children's/nursery word *pikk-, *picc-.[1]
- From Vulgar Latin *pikk (“little”), related to *piccare (“to pierce”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”).[2]
- From picca (“point”).
- From Vulgar Latin pittitus (“small, worthless”), which is linked to French petit and English piece.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpik.ko.lo/[4]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pìc‧co‧lo
Adjective
piccolo m (feminine singular piccola, masculine plural piccoli, feminine plural piccole, comparative più piccolo or minore)
Synonyms
Related terms
- piccolezza
- piccolo trumpet
Further reading
- “piccolo” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.
References
- piccolo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “piccolo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, volume II, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- piccolo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish
Alternative forms
Declension
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