cupid

See also: Cupid

English

Etymology

From Cupid.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːpɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkjupɪd/

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• Rhymes: -uːpɪd
• Hyphenation: cu‧pid

Noun

cupid (plural cupids)

1. 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.

2. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Chilades, Cupido and Everes.

Translations

child with bow and arrow as representation of love

• Esperanto: amoreto
• Finnish: kerubi (fi)
• Italian: amorino (it) m
• Russian: аму́р (ru) m (amúr), купидо́н (ru) m (kupidón)

Anagrams

• pudic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cupide, from Latin cupidus.

Adjective

cupid m or n (feminine singular cupidă, masculine plural cupizi, feminine and neuter plural cupide)

1. greedy

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	cupid		cupidă		cupizi	cupide
	definite	cupidul		cupida		cupizii	cupidele
genitive- dative	indefinite	cupid		cupide		cupizi	cupide
	definite	cupidului		cupidei		cupizilor	cupidelor

Romansch

Noun

cupid m (plural cupids)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) nap

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) siesta, durmida
• (Sursilvan) tut
• (Sutsilvan) sien
• (Surmiran) cupidada, durmeidetta, cuc
• (Puter, Vallader) sönin
• (Vallader) sönet