piccolo

piccolo
I. adjective Etymology: Italian, small Date: circa 1854 smaller than ordinary size <
a piccolo banjo
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II. noun (plural -los) Etymology: Italian, short for piccolo flauto small flute Date: 1856 a small shrill flute whose range is an octave higher than that of an ordinary flute • piccoloist noun

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  • piccolo — [ pikɔlo ] n. m. VAR. picolo • 1828; mot it. « petit » I ♦ Mus. Petite flûte en ré qui donne l octave aiguë de la grande flûte. Des piccolos. II ♦ (1876) Fam. et vieilli Petit vin de pays, léger et clairet. Par ext. Vin rouge ordinaire. ⇒ pinard …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Piccolo — – das italienische Wort für „klein“, in der deutschen Sprache oft Pikkolo geschrieben – bezeichnet: ein Sektflasche mit einem Fassungsvermögen von 0,2 Litern, siehe Pikkolo (Sekt) die Kombination aus einem Bier und einer Spirituose im… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • piccolo — / pik:olo/ [da una radice onomatopeica pikk  ]. ■ agg. 1. a. [di ridotte dimensioni: ha le mani troppo p. ] ▶◀ minuto, piccino, (ant.) pusillo. ◀▶ grande, grosso, (ant.) magno. ● Espressioni: fig., pesce piccolo ➨ ❑; piccolo schermo… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • piccolo — (n.) 1856, from Fr. piccolo, from It. flauto piccolo small flute, from piccolo small, perhaps a children s made up word or from picca point, or perhaps from V.L. root *pikk little, related to *piccare to pierce (see PIKE (Cf. pike) (n …   Etymology dictionary

  • piccolo — (izg. pȉkolo) m DEFINICIJA 1. glazb. oznaka uz naziv instrumenta 2. označuje najmanji instrument pojedine obitelji [flauta piccolo; violina piccolo], usp. pikola (1ab) 3. v. pikolo (1,2) ETIMOLOGIJA tal …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Piccolo — (Castiglione in Teverina,Италия) Категория отеля: Адрес: 05018 Castiglione in Teverina, Ита …   Каталог отелей

  • Piccŏlo — (ital.), 1) so v.w. klein; z.B. Flauto piccolo (Piccoloflöte), die Octavflöte, s. Flöte 1 ) d); Violino p., die kleine Geige etc.; 2) Münze, so v.w. Bagatino …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Piccolo — ● Piccolo es una forma coloquial, proveniente del italiano, con la que se conoce al flautín (flauta piccolo) Véase: Flautín …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • piccolo — PÍCCOLO s. n. (muz.) 1. cel mai mic instrument dintr o familie. 2. registru de orgă. (< it. /flauto/ piccolo) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • Piccolo — Pic co*lo, n. [It., small.] 1. (Mus.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) A small upright piano. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) An organ stop, with a high,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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