Cupido

Learned borrowing from Latin Cupīdō (“Cupid, the god of love”), from cupere (“to desire, to long for”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈpi.ðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kuˈpi.ðo]

Cupido m

1. (Roman mythology) Cupid (the god of love)

• cupido

• cupiditat

• Kupido

Borrowed from Latin Cupīdō.

• IPA^(key): /kuˈpiːdo/

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Cupido m (proper noun, strong, genitive Cupidos)

1. (Roman mythology, poetic) Cupid

   Synonym: Amor

   • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Hexenküche”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎^[1]:

     Den edlen Müßiggang lehr ich hernach dich schätzen, / Und bald empfindest du mit innigem Ergetzen, / Wie sich Cupido regt und hin und wider springt.

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• “Cupido” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from Latin Cupīdō.

• IPA^(key): /kuˈpi.do/
• Rhymes: -ido
• Hyphenation: Cu‧pì‧do

Cupido m

1. (Roman mythology) Cupid, the god of love

Cupido m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

Personification of cupīdō (“desire, longing”), with a change in gender to masculine.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʊˈpiː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kuˈpiː.d̪o]

Cupīdō m (genitive Cupīdinis); third declension

1. Cupid (god of love, lust and sex)

Third-declension noun.

• Erōs

• → Catalan: Cupido
• → English: Cupid
• → French: Cupidon
• → Portuguese: Cupido
• → Italian: Cupido
• → Russian: Купидо́н (Kupidón)

Learned borrowing from Latin Cupīdō (“Cupid, the god of love”), from cupere (“to desire, to long for”).

• Hyphenation: Cu‧pi‧do

Cupido m

1. (Roman mythology) Cupid (the god of love)

• Eros

• IPA^(key): /kuˈpido/ [kuˈpi.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: Cu‧pi‧do

Cupido m

1. Cupid (god of love, son of Venus)

Cupido f

1. Cupid (reindeer)

Cupido c (genitive Cupidos)

1. (Roman mythology, uncommon) Cupid (god of love)

   Synonyms: (common name) Amor, (literary) Astrild

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