English
Etymology
From Latin Cupīdō, personification of cupīdō (“desire, desire of love”), from cupidus (“eager, greedy, passionate”), from cupiō (“to desire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkjuːpɪd/
- Rhymes: -uːpɪd
Proper noun
Cupid
- (Roman mythology) 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.
- (poetic) Sudden love or desire; the personification of falling in love.
He was just walking down the street minding his own business when Cupid struck.
- (astronomy) 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.
Derived terms
Translations
god of love, son of Venus
- Afrikaans: Kupido
- Arabic: كْيُوبِيد m (kyūbīd)
- Asturian: Cupidu m
- Basque: Kupido (eu), Amor
- Bengali: কিউপিড (kiupiḍ)
- Breton: Amourig m, Kupidon m
- Catalan: Cupido m, Cupidell m, Amor (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 丘比特 (zh) (Qiūbǐtè)
- Dutch: Cupido (nl) m, Amor m
- Esperanto: Amoro
- Faliscan: Cupio
- Finnish: Cupido
- French: Cupidon (fr) m
- Galician: Cupido (gl) m
- Georgian: კუპიდონი (ḳuṗidoni), ამური (amuri)
- German: Amor (de) m, Cupido (de) m
- Greek: Έρως (el) m (Éros), Κιούπιντ m (Kioúpint)
- Ancient: Ἔρως m (Érōs)
- Hebrew: קוּפִּידוֹן (he) m (Kúpidon)
- Hindi: क्यूपिड m (kyūpiḍ)
- Hungarian: Ámor (hu), Amor (hu)
- Icelandic: Kúpídó m, Amor m
- Indonesian: Kupido, Amor (id)
- Italian: Amore m, Cupido (it) m
- Japanese: キューピッド (ja) (Kyūpiddo), クピードー (Kupīdō), クピド (Kupido), アモール (Amōru)
- Korean: 큐피드 (Kyupideu)
- Latin: Cupīdō (la) m, Amor (la) m
- Lithuanian: Kupidonas m, Amoras m, Amūras m
- Macedonian: Ку́пидон m (Kúpidon)
- Maltese: Kupidu m
- Marathi: क्यूपिड m (kyūpiḍ)
- Persian: کوپید (fa) (kupid), کوپیدو (kupido)
- Polish: Kupidyn m, Kupido m, Amor (pl) m
- Portuguese: Cupido (pt) m, Amor (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਕਿਊਪਿਡ m (kiūpiḍ)
- Romanian: Cupidon m
- Russian: Аму́р (ru) m (Amúr), Купидо́н (ru) m (Kupidón)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: А̑мор m, Купид m, Купидон m
- Roman: Ȃmor (sh) m, Kupid m, Kupidon m
- Slovene: Amor (sl) m, Kupid (sl) m
- Spanish: Cupido (es) m
- Swedish: Amor (sv) c, Cupido c, Astrild c
- Tagalog: Kupido
- Tamil: குபிட் (kupiṭ)
- Telugu: మన్మథుడు (te) (manmathuḍu)
- Thai: คิวปิด (kiu-bpìt), กามเทพ (th)
- Ukrainian: Аму́р m (Amúr), Купідо́н m (Kupidón)
- Welsh: Ciwpid m
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moon of Uranus
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 天衛二十七 / 天卫二十七 (Tiānwèi Èrshíqī)
- Hindi: कामदेव (hi) m (kāmdev)
- Japanese: キューピッド (ja) (Kyūpiddo)
- Marathi: क्यूपिड m (kyūpiḍ)
- Polish: Kupid m
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Anagrams
Turkish
Etymology
From Latin Cupīdō.
Proper noun
Cupid
- (Roman mythology) Cupid (Roman god)
- (astronomy) Cupid (moon of Uranus)