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cupids

Syllables: Cu·pids/ˈkjuː.pɪdz/

cupids is the plural of cupid.

Meaning of cupid

Noun

cupid (plural cupids)

  1. 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
  2. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Chilades, Cupido and Everes.

See all 6 meanings of cupid

Proper noun capitalized: Cupids

Cupids

  1. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Origin of cupids

Derived from a corruption of the surname Cooper.

Phrases with cupids

Questions about cupids

What does cupids mean?
Cupids means a town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
What is cupids the plural of?
Cupids is the plural of cupid.
What part of speech is cupids?
Cupids is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce cupids?
Cupids is pronounced /ˈkjuː.pɪdz/.

Words near cupids in the dictionary

  1. cupidinously
  2. cupidities
  3. cupidity
  4. Cupidlike
  5. Cupidonian
  6. cupids
  7. cupin
  8. cupins
  9. cupiosexual
  10. cupiosexuals
  11. Cupisnique

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cupids (page history and authors); Cupids (page history and authors); cupid (page history and authors). 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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