"piccolo" meaning in Italian

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpik.ko.lo/ Forms: piccola [feminine], piccoli [masculine, plural], piccole [feminine, plural], più piccolo [comparative], minore [comparative], minimo [superlative], piccolìno [diminutive], piccolétto [diminutive], piccolettìno [diminutive, uncommon]
Rhymes: -ikkolo Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from: * An onomatopoeic root or children's/nursery word *pikk-, *picc-. * From Vulgar Latin *pikk (“little”), related to *piccāre (“to pierce”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). * From picca (“point”). * From Vulgar Latin pittitus (“small, worthless”), which is linked to French petit and English piece. Etymology templates: {{unc|it}} Uncertain, {{onomatopoeic|it|title=onomatopoeic}} onomatopoeic, {{der|it|VL.|*pikk||little}} Vulgar Latin *pikk (“little”), {{m|la|*picco|*piccāre|to pierce}} *piccāre (“to pierce”), {{der|it|ine-pro|*bew-}} Proto-Indo-European *bew-, {{m|ine-pro|*bu-||to make a dull, hollow sound}} *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”), {{m|it|picca||point}} picca (“point”), {{inh|it|VL.|pittitus||small, worthless}} Vulgar Latin pittitus (“small, worthless”), {{cog|fr|petit}} French petit, {{cog|en|piece}} English piece Head templates: {{it-adj|comp=più piccolo|comp2=minore|dim=piccolìno,piccolétto<t:short person>,piccolettìno<q:uncommon>|dim_aug=piccolòtto<t:short and stock person>|sup=minimo}} piccolo (feminine piccola, masculine plural piccoli, feminine plural piccole, comparative più piccolo or minore, superlative minimo, diminutive piccolìno or piccolétto or (uncommon) piccolettìno, diminutive-augmentative piccolòtto)
  1. small
    Sense id: en-piccolo-it-adj-gduOu7vG Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33
  2. little
    Sense id: en-piccolo-it-adj-GAygG5Xw Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33
  3. young
    Sense id: en-piccolo-it-adj-27qSHOIF Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: piccino Related terms: piccolezza, piccolotto, piccoletto, micro-, nano-

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "piccola",
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piccoli",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piccole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "più piccolo",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minore",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimo",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piccolìno",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piccolétto",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piccolettìno",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "uncommon"
      ]
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    "pìc‧co‧lo"
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "piccolezza"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "piccolotto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "piccoletto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "micro-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nano-"
    }
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ikkolo"
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
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      "word": "grosso"
    }
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    "Italian adjectives",
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    "Italian terms with audio links",
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    },
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        "4": "to make a dull, hollow sound"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "piccola",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piccoli",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piccole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "più piccolo",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minore",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimo",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piccolìno",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piccolétto",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piccolettìno",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "sup": "minimo"
      },
      "expansion": "piccolo (feminine piccola, masculine plural piccoli, feminine plural piccole, comparative più piccolo or minore, superlative minimo, diminutive piccolìno or piccolétto or (uncommon) piccolettìno, diminutive-augmentative piccolòtto)",
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  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "piccolezza"
    },
    {
      "word": "piccolotto"
    },
    {
      "word": "piccoletto"
    },
    {
      "word": "micro-"
    },
    {
      "word": "nano-"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "small"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "little"
      ],
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        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "young"
      ],
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        [
          "young",
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpik.ko.lo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ikkolo"
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    {
      "word": "piccino"
    }
  ],
  "word": "piccolo"
}

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