Standard Lemma guide

piccolo

adj · name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈpɪkələʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈpɪkəloʊ/
  • rhymes with -ɪkələʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: P IH1 K AH0 L OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname from Italian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: octave flute

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A piccolo piano.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: busser, commis waiter, omnibus

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: New-York, Southern-US, US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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8

noun

Meaning 8

A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quarter bottle, snipe

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flute, transverse flute

History

Etymology

From Italian piccolo (“small”).

Borrowed from Italian Piccolo.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пиколо (pikolo) — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Catalan: flautí — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Catalan: piccolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Catalan: octaví — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Chinese Cantonese: 短笛 (dyun5 dek5) — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Chinese Mandarin: 短笛 (duǎndí) — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Czech: pikola — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Danish: piccolofløjte — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Dutch: piccolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Estonian: pikoloflööt — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Faroese: pikkolofloyta — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Finnish: piccolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Finnish: piccolohuilu — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Finnish: pikkolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • French: piccolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Galician: pícolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • German: Piccoloflöte — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Greek: πίκολο (píkolo) — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Hawaiian: pikolō — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Hindi: पिकॉलो (pikŏlo) — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Hungarian: pikoló — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Hungarian: piccolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Indonesian: pikolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Irish: fliúiteog — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Italian: ottavino — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Japanese: ピッコロ (pikkoro) — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Māori: pōrutu Pākehā — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Marathi: पिक्कोलो (pikkolo) — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pikkolofløyte — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pikkolofløyte — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Polish: pikolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Polish: piccolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Polish: flet piccolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Polish: pikulina — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Portuguese: flautim — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Portuguese: piccolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Romanian: piccolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Russian: пи́кколо (píkkolo) — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Russian: фле́йта-пи́кколо (fléjta-píkkolo) — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Slovak: pikola — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Slovene: mala flavta — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Spanish: flautín — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Spanish: pícolo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Swahili: filimbi ndogo — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Swedish: piccolaflöjt — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Tagalog: plawtin — small, high-pitched transverse flute
  • Bulgarian: пиколо (pikolo) — bottle of champagne
  • Dutch: piccolo — bottle of champagne
  • Finnish: pikkolopullo — bottle of champagne
  • French: quart — bottle of champagne
  • French: piccolo — bottle of champagne
  • German: Piccolo — bottle of champagne
  • Italian: piccolo — bottle of champagne
  • Polish: piccolo — bottle of champagne
  • Swedish: piccolaflaska — bottle of champagne