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Vinony

piccolo

noun

  1. small flute sounding an octave higher than the ordinary or concert flute
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Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkələʊ/ / /ˈpɪkəloʊ/

adj

Etymology: From Italian piccolo (“small”).

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

    “There is also the Piccolo Trumpet, built in D, which can with ease attack high notes which are outside the range of the ordinary B flat instrument, as well as the rarely used Bass Trumpet.”

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Piccolo.

  1. A surname from Italian.

noun

Etymology: From Italian piccolo (“small”).

  1. A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
  2. An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute.
  3. A piccolo piano.
  4. A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.

    “[A]s I fled I felt Laploshka's reproachful eyes watching the amount that I gave to the piccolo—out of his two francs.”

  5. 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.