cupid
See also: Cupid
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Cupid.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkjuːpɪd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkjupɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːpɪd
- Hyphenation: cu‧pid
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
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Borrowed from French cupide, a learned borrowing from Latin cupidus.
Adjective
[edit]cupid m or n (feminine singular cupidă, masculine plural cupizi, feminine/neuter plural cupide)
Declension
[edit]| 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 | |||
Romansh
[edit]Noun
[edit]cupid m (plural cupids)
Synonyms
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- Rhymes:English/uːpɪd/2 syllables
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- English countable nouns
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- en:Gossamer-winged butterflies
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-
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- Romanian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kwep-
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