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English
Etymology
From Cupid.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
child with bow and arrow as representation of love
Anagrams
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)
- greedy
Declension
Romansch
Noun
cupid m (plural cupids)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) nap
Synonyms