piccolo
A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an…A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
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» Tom is learning how to play the piccolo.
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6 sensesA transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
Piccoloflöte
пи́кколоpíkkolo, фле́йта-пи́кколоfléjta-píkkolo
a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute
An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute.
A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.
(New York, Southern US, US)A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox.
A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle.
Piccolo
(obsolete)A piccolo piano.
Examples
9 sentencesTom is learning how to play the piccolo.
Tom can't play the piccolo.
I've insured my rare 17th century piccolo.
No instrument is snootier than the piccolo trumpet.
deKein Instrument ist versnobter als die Piccolotrompete. — MUIRIEL
I found your piccolo broken in the street.
Translations
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Origin
From Italian piccolo (“small”).From Italian piccolo (“small”).
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Forms
plural: piccolos / piccoliSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.