cupid

See also: Cupid

English

Etymology

From Cupid.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkjuːpɪd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkjupɪd/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • 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.

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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

Declension of cupid
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

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