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piccolos

UK/ˈpɪkələʊz/US/ˈpɪkəloʊz/

piccolos is the plural of piccolo.

Meaning of piccolo

Noun

piccolo (plural piccolos or piccoli)

  1. A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
    Synonyms:
    octave flute
  2. An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute.
  3. (obsolete) A piccolo piano.
  4. A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.
    • [A]s I fled I felt Laploshka's reproachful eyes watching the amount that I gave to the piccolo—out of his two francs.1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Soul of Laploshka”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 71
    Synonyms:
    busser, commis waiter, omnibus
  5. (New-York, Southern US, US) 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.

See all 8 meanings of piccolo

Proper noun capitalized: Piccolos

Piccolos

  1. (plural) plural of Piccolo

Questions about piccolos

What is piccolos the plural of?
Piccolos is the plural of piccolo.
What part of speech is piccolos?
Piccolos is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce piccolos?
Piccolos is pronounced /ˈpɪkələʊz/ (UK).

Words near piccolos in the dictionary

  1. piccoli
  2. Piccolis
  3. piccolo
  4. piccoloist
  5. piccoloists
  6. piccolos
  7. Piccone
  8. Piccones
  9. Piccos
  10. piccotah
  11. piccotahs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: piccolos (page history and authors); Piccolos (page history and authors); piccolo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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