cupid
See also: Cupid
English edit
Etymology edit
From Cupid.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cupid (plural cupids)
- A putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
- Synonym: amorino
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Chilades, Cupido and Everes.
Translations edit
child with bow and arrow as representation of love
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French cupide, from Latin cupidus.
Adjective edit
cupid m or n (feminine singular cupidă, masculine plural cupizi, feminine and neuter plural cupide)
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Noun edit
cupid m (plural cupids)