piccolo

Meanings

1. A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
2. An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute.
3. A piccolo piano.
4. A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.
5. A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox.
6. A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle.

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

1. A surname from Italian.

Etymology

From Italian piccolo (“small”).