cupid
Syllables: cu·pid/ˈkjuːpɪd//ˈkjupɪd/
cupid noun: a putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
Noun
cupid (plural cupids)
- A putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
- 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.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- amorino
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Chilades, Cupido and Everes.
Proper noun capitalized: Cupid
Cupid
- The god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros.
- The myth of Cupid and Psyche was one of the most influential romances in European culture.
- Sudden love or desire; the personification of falling in love.
- He was just walking down the street minding his own business when Cupid struck.
- A moon of Uranus.
- Cupid is so small and far away that it can only be seen with the Hubble Space Telescope.
- The sixth reindeer of Santa Claus.
cupid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cupid in Hindi
- क्यूपीड, क्यूपिड
cupid in Tamil
- காமன், காமதேவன், மன்மதன், வேள்மதன்
cupid in Marathi
- क्युपिड, क्युपीड
cupid in Urdu
- عشق کا دیوتا
More languagesFewer languages
- cupid in Bengali
- ক্যুপিড, কিউপিড
- cupid in Telugu
- అంగజుడు aṅgajuḍu
- cupid in Malayalam
- കാമദേവൻ, കാമൻ, കാമദൂതൻ, കഞ്ജനൻ
- cupid in Kannada
- ಅನಂಗ, ಮದನ, ಮನ್ಮಥ, ಮಾರ
- cupid in Punjabi
- ਕਪੀਡ, ਕਿਊਪਿਡ
- cupid in Gujarati
- ક્યુપીડ, ક્યુપિડ
- cupid in Odia
- କ୍ଯ଼ୁପିଡ୍
- cupid in Nepali
- क्युपिड, क्युपीड
Synonyms of cupid
Forms of cupid
| plural | cupids |
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Origin of cupid
From Cupid.
From Latin Cupīdō, personification of cupīdō (“desire, desire of love”), from cupidus (“eager, greedy, passionate”), from cupiō (“to desire”).
Words formed from cupid
Phrases with cupid
Words that rhyme with cupid
Questions about cupid
- What does cupid mean?
- Cupid means a putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
- What is cupid in Hindi?
- Cupid in Hindi is क्यूपीड, क्यूपिड. See Cupid meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cupid?
- Cupid can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cupid?
- Cupid is pronounced /ˈkjuːpɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cupid?
- The plural of cupid is cupids.
Words near cupid in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cupid (page history and authors); Cupid (page history and authors); cupid (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cupid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cupid (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cupid (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cupid (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); అంగజుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); cupid (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); cupid (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cupid (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cupid (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cupid (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cupid (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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