Nearby Words
Piccolo www.ti.com/C2000 Ideal Single Chip Control Solution For Demanding Control Applications.
Piccolos www.wwbw.com/Flutes_Piccolos Free Shipping on Most Items! Shop Huge Flute & Piccolo Selection
Piccolo Instruments Sale www.instrumentalsavings.com/PiccoloSale We Will Match And Beat Any Price on Piccolo Instruments With No Tax!
Ads
noun, plural pic·co·los.
a small flute sounding an octave higher than the ordinary flute.
Origin:
1855–60; < Italian: literally, small
1855–60; < Italian: literally, small
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To piccolo
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Piccolo
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| piccolo (ˈpɪkəˌləʊ) | |
| —n , pl -los | |
| See flute a woodwind instrument, the smallest member of the flute family, lying an octave above that of the flute | |
| [C19: from Italian: small; compare English | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
piccolo
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 (2)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
piccolo
(Italian: "small flute"), highest pitched woodwind instrument of orchestras and military bands. It is a small transverse (horizontally played) flute of conical or cylindrical bore, fitted with Boehm-system keywork and pitched an octave higher than the ordinary concert flute.
Learn more about piccolo with a free trial on Britannica.com.
Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For Piccolo
Images for piccolo
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
