# piccolo
## English
### Etymology

From Italian piccolo (“small”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpɪkələʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈpɪkoloʊ/, /ˈpɪkəloʊ/, /ˈpɪkl̩oʊ/

### Noun

piccolo (plural piccolos or piccoli)
* (music, obsolete) A piccolo piano.
* A piccolo flute A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
    Synonym: octave flute
* (music, rare) An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute.
* A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.
    Synonyms: busser, commis waiter, (slang, possibly obsolete) omnibus
** 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Soul of Laploshka”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 71:[A]s I fled I felt Laploshka's reproachful eyes watching the amount that I gave to the piccolo—out of his two francs.
* (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

* piccoloist

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Adjective

piccolo
* Designating the highest-pitched or smallest of a family of musical instruments.
** 1945, Christian Darnton, You and Music‎, 2nd edition, New York: Pelican Books, retrieved 20 February 2022, page 65: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.

### 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

#### Antonyms

* (female) piccoline

#### Related terms

* piccolofløjte

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian piccolo (“small”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpi.koː.loː/
* Audio:(file)
* 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: /ˈpikːolo/, [ˈpikːo̞lo̞]
* Rhymes: -ikːolo

### Noun

piccolo
* Alternative spelling of pikkolo.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of piccolo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
piccoloni
piccoloni
accusative
nom.
piccoloni
piccoloni
gen.
piccoloni
genitive
piccoloni
piccolojeni piccoloideni piccoloitteni
partitive
piccoloani
piccolojani piccoloitani
inessive
piccolossani
piccoloissani
elative
piccolostani
piccoloistani
illative
piccolooni
piccoloihini
adessive
piccolollani
piccoloillani
ablative
piccololtani
piccoloiltani
allative
piccololleni
piccoloilleni
essive
piccolonani
piccoloinani
translative
piccolokseni
piccoloikseni
abessive
piccolottani
piccoloittani
instructive
comitative
—piccoloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
piccolosi
piccolosi
accusative
nom.
piccolosi
piccolosi
gen.
piccolosi
genitive
piccolosi
piccolojesi piccoloidesi piccoloittesi
partitive
piccoloasi
piccolojasi piccoloitasi
inessive
piccolossasi
piccoloissasi
elative
piccolostasi
piccoloistasi
illative
piccoloosi
piccoloihisi
adessive
piccolollasi
piccoloillasi
ablative
piccololtasi
piccoloiltasi
allative
piccolollesi
piccoloillesi
essive
piccolonasi
piccoloinasi
translative
piccoloksesi
piccoloiksesi
abessive
piccolottasi
piccoloittasi
instructive
comitative
—piccoloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
piccolomme
piccolomme
accusative
nom.
piccolomme
piccolomme
gen.
piccolomme
genitive
piccolomme
piccolojemme piccoloidemme piccoloittemme
partitive
piccoloamme
piccolojamme piccoloitamme
inessive
piccolossamme
piccoloissamme
elative
piccolostamme
piccoloistamme
illative
piccoloomme
piccoloihimme
adessive
piccolollamme
piccoloillamme
ablative
piccololtamme
piccoloiltamme
allative
piccolollemme
piccoloillemme
essive
piccolonamme
piccoloinamme
translative
piccoloksemme
piccoloiksemme
abessive
piccolottamme
piccoloittamme
instructive
comitative
—piccoloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
piccolonne
piccolonne
accusative
nom.
piccolonne
piccolonne
gen.
piccolonne
genitive
piccolonne
piccolojenne piccoloidenne piccoloittenne
partitive
piccoloanne
piccolojanne piccoloitanne
inessive
piccolossanne
piccoloissanne
elative
piccolostanne
piccoloistanne
illative
piccoloonne
piccoloihinne
adessive
piccolollanne
piccoloillanne
ablative
piccololtanne
piccoloiltanne
allative
piccolollenne
piccoloillenne
essive
piccolonanne
piccoloinanne
translative
piccoloksenne
piccoloiksenne
abessive
piccolottanne
piccoloittanne
instructive
comitative
—piccoloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
piccolonsa
piccolonsa
accusative
nom.
piccolonsa
piccolonsa
gen.
piccolonsa
genitive
piccolonsa
piccolojensa piccoloidensa piccoloittensa
partitive
piccoloaan piccoloansa
piccolojaan piccoloitaan piccolojansa piccoloitansa
inessive
piccolossaan piccolossansa
piccoloissaan piccoloissansa
elative
piccolostaan piccolostansa
piccoloistaan piccoloistansa
illative
piccoloonsa
piccoloihinsa
adessive
piccolollaan piccolollansa
piccoloillaan piccoloillansa
ablative
piccololtaan piccololtansa
piccoloiltaan piccoloiltansa
allative
piccololleen piccolollensa
piccoloilleen piccoloillensa
essive
piccolonaan piccolonansa
piccoloinaan piccoloinansa
translative
piccolokseen piccoloksensa
piccoloikseen piccoloiksensa
abessive
piccolottaan piccolottansa
piccoloittaan piccoloittansa
instructive
comitative
—piccoloineen piccoloinensa :

#### Derived terms

* piccolohuilu
* piccolopullo

### Further reading

* “piccolo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Alternative forms

* picolo (post-1990 spelling)

### Etymology

From Italian piccolo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pi.kɔ.lo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

piccolo m (plural piccolos)
* (music) piccolo

### 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: [ˈpikːolo]
* Hyphenation: pic‧co‧lo
* Rhymes: -loː

### Noun

piccolo (plural piccolok)
* (music) piccolo
    Synonyms: pikoló, kisfuvola, ottavino

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ pikoló in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

## 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: /ˈpik.ko.lo/
* Audio:(file)
* 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”) or (uncommon) piccolettìno, 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

* ↑ piccolo$^1$ 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)

### 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: /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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* piccolo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10