piccolo
English
/ˈpɪkələʊ/, /ˈpɪkoloʊ/
noun
Definitions
- (musical instruments) An instrument similar to a flute, but smaller, and playing an octave higher.
- A waiter's assistant in a hotel or restaurant.
- A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 liters of fluid, the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or snipe.
Etymology
Derived from Italian piccolo (small, young, little).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
piccolo
Gloss
small, young, little
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
小
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- piccoloist English
- piccolo Finnish
- pikkolo Finnish
- *pikk Latin
- Piccoloflöte German
- piccolo Hungarian
- pikoló Hungarian
- impiccolire Italian
- piccoletto Italian
- piccolezza Italian
- piccolino Italian
- piccolissimo Italian
- piccolo Italian
- piccolotto Italian
- piccolo Dutch, Flemish
- pico- Dutch, Flemish
- piccolo French
- пикколо Russian
- piccolo Spanish, Castilian
- ピッコロ Japanese
- flet piccolo Polish
- piccolo Polish
- pikolo Polish
- piccolo Danish
- πίκολο Greek (modern)
- pìcolo Ligurian